2 Kings 6:22

And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
answered	וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
smite	תַכֶּ֔ה ta.Keh	H5221	to strike (lightly or severely · verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
smite	מַכֶּ֑ה ma.Keh	H5221	to strike (lightly or severely · verb, hiphil active participle, masculine singular absolute
captive	שָׁבִ֛יתָ sha.Vi.ta	H7617	to transport into captivity · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
sword	בְּחַרְבְּךָ֥ be.char.be.Kha	H2719	drought · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
bow	וּֽבְקַשְׁתְּךָ֖ u.ve.kash.te.Cha	H7198	a bow · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
set	שִׂים֩ sim	H7760	to put (used in a great variety of applications · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
bread	לֶ֨חֶם Le.chem	H3899	food (for man or beast) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
water	וָמַ֜יִם va.Ma.yim	H4325	water · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
before	לִפְנֵיהֶ֗ם lif.nei.Hem	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
eat	וְיֹֽאכְלוּ֙ ve.yo.khe.Lu	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal, 3rd person masculine plural
drink	וְיִשְׁתּ֔וּ ve.yish.Tu	H8354	to imbibe (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal, 3rd person masculine plural
go	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
master	אֲדֹנֵיהֶֽם 'a.do.nei.Hem	H113	sovereign · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine 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

Genesis 48:22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
Romans 12:20-21 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Deuteronomy 20:11-16 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be t…
2 Chronicles 28:8-15 And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much…
Hosea 2:18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of…
Joshua 24:12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with…
Psalms 44:6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
Proverbs 25:21-22 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

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 6:19

This is not the way, neither is this the city--This statement is so far true that, as he had now left the place of his residence, they would not have got him by that road. But the ambiguity of his language was purposely framed to deceive them; and yet the deception must be viewed in the light of a stratagem, which has always been deemed lawful in war. he led them to Samaria--When they were arrived in the midst of the capital, their eyes, at Elisha's request, were opened, and they then became aware of their defenseless condition, for Jehoram had received private premonition of their arrival. The king, so far from being allowed to slay the enemies who were thus unconsciously put in his power…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 6:22

Whom thou hast taken captive - Those who in open battle either lay down their arms, or are surrounded, and have their retreat cut off, are entitled to their lives, much more those who are thus providentially put into thy hand, without having been in actual hostility against thee. Give them meat and drink, and send them home to their master, and let them thus know that thou fearest him not, and art incapable of doing an ungenerous or unmanly action.

John Gill

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…
Blindness · Syrians — Syrians
Good For Evil · .Elisha, to the Syrians — .Elisha, to the Syrians
Hospitality · .Elisha to the Syrian spies — .Elisha to the Syrian spies
Joram · .Has war with the king of Syria — .Has war with the king of Syria
Love To Man · Should be exhibited, toward: Enemies — Should be exhibited, toward: Enemies
Malice · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Mercy · Enjoined — Enjoined
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 6:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 6:13-23

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 6:19

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 6:22

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 6:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 6:13-23

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 6:19

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 6:22

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 6:21-23

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 6:21

Rashi on 2 Kings 6:22