2 Kings 5:8 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | KJV

And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

He shall know ... Israel—namely, what you (the king of Israel) appear to have forgotten: that there is a prophet, a real prophet of Yahweh, …

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

There is a prophet. — With stress on there is (yçsh): that is to say, as his message presupposes.

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the
king of Israel had rent his clothes

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Although the Syrians were idolaters and oppressed God's people, yet the deliverance of which Naaman had been the means is here ascribed to the Lord…

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