Teks -- 2 Kings 7:15-20 (NET)

7:15 So they tracked them as far as the Jordan. The road was filled with clothes and equipment that the Syrians had discarded in their haste. The scouts went back and told the king. 7:16 Then the people went out and looted the Syrian camp. A seah of finely milled flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, just as the Lord had said they would. 7:17 Now the king had placed the officer who was his right-hand man at the city gate. When the people rushed out, they trampled him to death in the gate. This fulfilled the prophet’s word which he had spoken when the king tried to arrest him. 7:18 The prophet told the king, “Two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of finely milled flour for a shekel; this will happen about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria.” 7:19 But the officer replied to the prophet, “Look, even if the Lord made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?” Elisha said, “Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!” 7:20 This is exactly what happened to him. The people trampled him to death in the city gate.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Wesley: 2Ki 7:20 - And so it fell out, &c.

_See how heinously God resents our distrust of his power, providence and promise! Whenever God promises the end, he knows where to provide the means.

JFB: 2Ki 7:12-15 - the king . . . said unto his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done

Similar stratagems have been so often resorted to in the ancient and modern wars of the East that there is no wonder Jehoram's suspicions were awakened. But the scouts, whom he despatched, soon found unmistakable signs of the panic that had struck the enemy and led to a most precipitate flight.

JFB: 2Ki 7:17 - the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned,

&c. The news spread like lightning through the city, and was followed, as was natural, by a popular rush to the Syrian camp. To keep order at the gate, the king ordered his minister to keep guard; but the impetuosity of the famishing people could not be resisted. The lord was trodden to death, and Elisha's prophecy in all respects accomplished.

Clarke: 2Ki 7:15 - All the way was full of garments and vessels

All the way was full of garments and vessels - A manifest proof of the hurry and precipitancy with which they fled.

Clarke: 2Ki 7:17 - And the people trode upon him

And the people trode upon him - This officer being appointed by the king to have the command of the gate, the people rushing out to get spoil, and in to carry it to their houses, he was borne down by the multitude and trodden to death. This also was foreseen by the spirit of prophecy. The literal and exact fulfillment of such predictions must have acquired the prophet a great deal of credit in Israel

Dr. Lightfoot remarks that, between the first and last year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat, there are very many occurrences mentioned which are not referred nor fixed to their proper year; and, therefore, they must be calculated in a gross sum, as coming to pass in one of these years. These are the stories contained in chapters 4, 5, 6, and 7, of this book; and in 2Ch 21:6-19. They may be calculated thus: In the first year of Jehoram, Elisha, returning out of Moab into the land of Israel, multiplies the widow’ s oil; he is lodged in Shunem, and assures his hostess of a child. The seven years’ famine was then begun, and he gives the Shunammite warning of its continuance

The second year she bears her child in the land of the Philistines, 2Ki 8:2. And Elisha resides among the disciples of the prophets at Gilgal, heals the poisoned pottage, and feeds one hundred men with twenty barley loaves and some ears of corn. That summer he cures Naaman of his leprosy, the only cure of this kind done till Christ came

The third year he makes iron to swim, prevents the Syrians’ ambushments, strikes those with blindness who were sent to seize him, and sends them back to their master

The fourth year Jehoshaphat dies, and Edom rebels and shakes off the yoke laid upon them by David: Libnah also rebels

The fifth year Samaria is besieged by Ben-hadad, the city is most grievously afflicted; and, after being nearly destroyed by famine, it is suddenly relieved by a miraculous interference of God, which had been distinctly foretold by Elisha

The sixth year the Philistines and Arabians oppress Jehoram, king of Judah, and take captive his wives and children, leaving only one son behind

The seventh year Jehoram falls into a grievous sickness, so that his bowels fall out, 2Ch 21:19. And in the same year the seven years’ famine ends about the time of harvest; and at that harvest, the Shunammite’ s son dies, and is restored to life by Elisha, though the story of his birth and death is related together; and yet some years must have passed between them. Not long after this the Shunammite goes to the king to petition to be restored to her own land, which she had left in the time of the famine, and had sojourned in the land of the Philistines

This year Elisha is at Damascus, Ben-hadad falls sick; Hazael stifles him with a wet cloth, and reigns in his stead. All these things Dr. Lightfoot supposes happened between A.M. 3110 and 3117. - See Lightfoot’ s Works, vol. i., p. 88. In examining the facts recorded in these books, we shall always find it difficult, and sometimes impossible, to ascertain the exact chronology. The difficulty is increased by a custom common among these annalists, the giving the whole of a story at once, though several incidents took place at the distance of some years from the commencement of the story: as they seem unwilling to have to recur to the same history in the chronological order of its facts.

Defender: 2Ki 7:20 - And so fell t out

This Samaritan official scoffed at God's word through Elisha (2Ki 7:1, 2Ki 7:2), and Elisha's prophetic warning was quickly fulfilled (2Ki 7:16-19). It is dangerous to scoff at the inspired word of God (1Th 5:3; 2Pe 3:3-7, 2Pe 3:10)."

TSK: 2Ki 7:15 - vessels // had cast away

vessels : Est 1:7; Isa 22:24

had cast away : Job 2:4; Isa 2:20, Isa 10:3, Isa 31:7; Eze 18:31; Mat 16:26, Mat 24:16-18; Phi 3:7, Phi 3:8; Heb 12:1

TSK: 2Ki 7:16 - spoiled the tents // according to

spoiled the tents : 1Sa 17:53; 2Ch 14:12-15, 2Ch 20:25; Job 27:16, Job 27:17; Psa 68:12; Isa 33:1, Isa 33:4, Isa 33:23

according to : 2Ki 7:1; Num 23:19; Isa 44:26; Mat 24:35

TSK: 2Ki 7:17 - the lord // the people trode upon him

the lord : 2Ki 7:2

the people trode upon him : 2Ki 9:33; Jdg 20:43; Isa 25:10; Mic 7:10; Heb 10:29

TSK: 2Ki 7:18 - as the man

as the man : 2Ki 7:1, 2Ki 7:2, 2Ki 6:32; Gen 18:14

TSK: 2Ki 7:20

Num 20:12; 2Ch 20:20; Job 20:23; Isa 7:9; Jer 17:5, Jer 17:6; Heb 3:18, Heb 3:19

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: 2Ki 7:15 - In their haste

In their haste or, in their fear , or consternation, wherewith God struck them.

Poole: 2Ki 7:17 - To have the charge of the gate

To have the charge of the gate partly to prevent tumults and disorders and mischiefs amongst the people; and partly to take order about the shutting of the gates, if need were, and if the Syrians should happen to return upon them.

Haydock: 2Ki 7:17 - Gate

Gate, to prevent confusion and accidents, (Josephus) or to guard against any return of the enemy. (Menochius)

Gill: 2Ki 7:15 - And they went after them unto 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

And they went after them unto Jordan,.... Not finding them in the camp, and knowing the rout they would take to their own land, they went as far as Jordan, over which they must pass:

and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels which the Syrians had cast away in their haste; in their fright and flight, such of their clothes as hindered them in running; and their armour, as Josephus ^c seems rightly to understand the word used, these they threw away for quicker dispatch:

and the messengers returned and told the king: that it was as the lepers said, and what they themselves had seen.

Gill: 2Ki 7:16 - And the people went out and spoiled the tents of the Syrians // so that a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel // according to the word of the Lord

And the people went out and spoiled the tents of the Syrians,.... Of their riches, and of their provisions; of which there was such a plenty, not only for present use, but for sale:

so that a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, &c.

according to the word of the Lord; by Elisha, 2Ki 7:1.

Gill: 2Ki 7:17 - And the king appointed the lord, on whose hand he leaned, to have the charge of the gate // and the people trod upon him in the gate // and died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him

And the king appointed the lord, on whose hand he leaned, to have the charge of the gate,.... Not to keep out the enemy, of which there was no danger; but to prevent disorders and tumults among the people, and that they might go out in an orderly and regular manner:

and the people trod upon him in the gate; being eager to get out for food; and he endeavouring to keep order among them, they pressed upon him, and threw him down, and trampled him under foot; or he was placed here to regulate the market, that everyone might be supplied in course, but through the people's pressing to get provisions, he was overborne, and trod upon:

and died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him; so that he saw the plenty, but partook not of it, as he said, see 2Ki 7:2.

Gill: 2Ki 7:18 - And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying

And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying,.... As in 2Ki 7:1, and what he said to the king there, and to the lord, in 2Ki 7:2, are repeated in this and the next verse, that it might be observed how exactly the prophecies were fulfilled.

Gill: 2Ki 7:19 - And that lord answered the man of God, and said // and he said

And that lord answered the man of God, and said,.... As in 2Ki 7:2.

and he said; that is, Elisha, as in the same place.

Gill: 2Ki 7:20 - And so it fell out unto him // for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died

And so it fell out unto him,.... As the prophet predicted:

for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died; See Gill on 2Ki 7:17.