2 Kings 6:27
“And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
So we boiled my son, and did eat him,.... Thus what was predicted, by way of threatening, began to be accomplished, Deu…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
If the Lord do not help - The translation in the text is decidedly better than the marginal rendering. Some prefer to…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
If the Lord do not help thee - Some read this as an imprecation, May God save thee not! how can I save thee?
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17142 Kings 6:24-33
This last paragraph of this chapter should, of right, have been the first of the next chapter, for it begins a new…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
If the Lord do not help thee There is some difficulty here. The word rendered -if … not" is that which in Hebrew is…
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