Smite upon the ground - Some prefer to render this as: “Shoot to the ground;” that is, “Shoot arrows from the window into the ground outside…

The visit of Joash to the dying Elisha.

This section is obviously derived from another documentary source than the preceding. What a fresh a…

And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them.

I suppose, a quiver full.

And he said, take the arrows, and he took them
The rest of them:

and he said to the king of Israe…

Jehoash, the king, came to Elisha to receive his dying counsel and blessing. It can be of great benefit to our spiritual lives to visit the sickbed…