But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; and [the king] sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him: is not the sound of his master`s feet behind him?
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But Elisha sat... — This should be translated as, “And Elisha was sitting in his house, and all the elders were sitting with him, when the k…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
But Elisha sat ... with him. —Rather, Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. This sho…
John Gill
JohnGill
And Elisha sat in his house
In Samaria:
and the elders sat with him ;
not the …
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Learn to value plenty and to be thankful for it; see how contemptible money is when, in a time of famine, it is so freely exchanged for anything ed…
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Albert Barnes
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