What does 2 Kings 4:38-44 mean?

The Miracle on the Poisoned Pottage; the Miracle on the Barley Loaves. – B.C. 887. 38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; …

What does 2 Kings 4:8-17 mean?

The Shunammite’s Hospitality – B. C. 893. 8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat …

Matthew Henry’s Commentary on 2 Kings

2Ki 1:1-8 2Ki 1:9-18 2Ki 2:1-8 2Ki 2:9-12 2Ki 2:13-18 2Ki 2:19-25 2Ki 3:1-5 2Ki 3:6-19 2Ki 3:20-27 2Ki 4:1-7 2Ki 4:8-17 2Ki 4:18-37 2Ki 4:38-44 2Ki 5:1-8 2Ki 5:9-14 …

What does 2 Kings 4:18-37 mean?

The Death of the Shunammite’s Son; The Shunammite’s Son Restored. – B.C. 887 18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to …

What does 2 Kings 4:1-7 mean?

The Increase of the Widow’s Oil. – B.C. 894 1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant …

What does 2 Kings 3:20-27 mean?

The Defeat of the Moabites. – B.C. 895 20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the …

What does 2 Kings 3:6-19 mean?

The Expedition against Moab; Elisha Consulted. – B.C. 895 6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel. 7 And he went and sent …

What does 2 Kings 3:1-5 mean?

The Reign of Jehoram. – B. C. 895. 1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, …

What does 2 Kings 2:19-25 mean?

The Waters of Jericho Healed; the Death of the Mocking Children. – B.C. 895. 19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation …

What does 2 Kings 2:13-18 mean?

Elijah’s Mantle on Elisha. – B. C. 895. 13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of …

What does 2 Kings 2:9-12 mean?

9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. …

What does 2 Kings 2:1-8 mean?

Elijah’s Translation. – B.C. 895. 1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. …

What does 2 Kings 1:9-18 mean?

Fire Called from Heaven by Elijah. – B.C. 896 9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, …

What does 2 Kings 1:1-8 mean?

Ahaziah’s Sickness. – B.C. 896 1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. 2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was …

What is the meaning of Romans 9:22-24?

22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: 23 And that he …

What is the meaning of Romans 9:33?

33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. (Romans 9:33 KJV) William Burkitt’s …

What does 1 Kings 22:41-53 mean?

Jehoshaphat’s Death. – B.C. 897 41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 42 Jehoshaphat was thirty …

What does 1 Kings 22:29-40 mean?

Ahab’s Death. – B.C. 897 29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, …

What does 1 Kings 22:15-28 mean?

Micaiah’s Prediction. – B.C. 897 15 So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? …

What does 1 Kings 22:1-14 mean?

Jehoshaphat’s League with Ahab. – B.C. 897 1 And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. 2 And it came to pass in the third year, that …