2 Kings 6:15

And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
servant	מְשָׁרֵ֨ת me.sha.Ret	H8334	to attend as a menial or worshipper · verb, piel active participle, masculine singular construct
man	אִ֥ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular construct
God	הָֽאֱלֹהִים֮ ha.'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
risen	לָקוּם֒ la.Kum	H6965	to rise (in various applications · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
early	וַ֠יַּשְׁכֵּם Vai.yash.kem	H7925	literally · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
forth	וַיֵּצֵ֕א vai.ye.Tze'	H3318	to go (causatively · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
host	חַ֛יִל Cha.yil	H2428	probably a force · noun, common masculine singular absolute
compassed	סוֹבֵ֥ב so.Vev	H5437	to revolve · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
city	הָעִ֖יר ha.'Ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
horses	וְס֣וּס ve.Sus	H5483	a horse (as leaping) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
chariots	וָרָ֑כֶב va.Ra.khev	H7393	a vehicle · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
servant	נַעֲר֥וֹ na.'a.Ro	H5288	(concretely) a boy (as active) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
said	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Alas	אֲהָ֥הּ 'a.Hah	H162	Oh! · interjection
master	אֲדֹנִ֖י 'a.do.Ni	H113	sovereign · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
do	נַֽעֲשֶֽׂה Na.'a.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common plural

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Matthew 8:26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great ca…
2 Chronicles 20:12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but…
Exodus 24:13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
Psalms 53:5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to…
1 Kings 19:21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unt…
2 Kings 3:11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel’s serva…
2 Kings 5:20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that…
2 Kings 5:27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as sn…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 6:13-23

Here is, 1. The great force which the king of Syria sent to seize Elisha. He found out where he was, at Dothan (Kg2 6:13), which was not far from Samaria; thither he sent a great host, who were to come upon him by night, and to bring him dead or alive, Kg2 6:14. Perhaps he had heard that when only one captain and his fifty men were sent to take Elijah they were baffled in the attempt, and therefore he sent an army against Elisha, as if the fire from heaven that consumed fifty men could not as easily consume 50,000. Naaman could tell him that Elisha dwelt not in any strong-hold, nor was attended with any guards, nor had any such great interest in the people that he needed to fear a tumult amo…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 6:15

his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?--When the Syrian detachment surrounded the place by night, for the apprehension of the prophet, his servant was paralyzed with fear. This was a new servant, who had only been with him since Gehazi's dismissal and consequently had little or no experience of his master's powers. His faith was easily shaken by so unexpected an alarm.

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 6:14

He sent thither horses - It is strange he did not think that he who could penetrate his secrets with respect to the Israelitish army, could inform himself of all his machinations against his own life.

John Gill on 2 Kings 6:15

And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth,.... Either out of his master's house, or out of the city upon some business to be done early in the morning; this was not Gehazi, but a new servant: behold, an host compassed the city, both with horses and chariots; which he could see at the door of his master's house, the city being built upon an eminence; or which he perceived, as soon as he came out of the gates of the city, or was about so to do: and his servant said unto him; Elisha being with him; or else he returned to his master on the sight of such an army, and not being able to go forward: alas, my master! how shall we do? to get out of the city, and through…

Dictionary and topics

Elisha — God his salvation, the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, who became the attendant and disciple of Elijah (1 Kings 19:16-19). His name first occurs in the command given to Elijah to anoint him as his…
Clairvoyance · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Dothan · Syrian army ma — Syrian army ma
Joram · .Has war with the king of Syria — .Has war with the king of Syria
Samaria · him and his army — him and his army

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Kings 6:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 6:13-23

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 6:15

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 6:14

John Gill on 2 Kings 6:15

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 6:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 6:13-23

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 6:15

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 6:14

John Gill on 2 Kings 6:15

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 6:15-17

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 6:15

Rashi on 2 Kings 6:13