Eli'sha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Now the king had dispatched a man from his presence; but before the messenger arrived Eli'sha said to the elders, "Do you see how this murderer has sent to take off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, 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
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