Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Kings 7:15

Charles Ellicott Commentary

2 Kings 7:15

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

2 Kings 7:15

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"And they went after them unto the Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king." — 2 Kings 7:15 (ASV)

In their haste. —Compare 1 Samuel 23:6; Psalms 48:6; Psalms 104:7—passages which prove that the Hebrew text is right here, and the Hebrew margin wrong.

Unto Jordan. —Not all the way to the river, which would be at least twenty miles, but in the direction of it.