2 Kings 6:30
“And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And Elisha sat in his house,.... In Samaria:
and the elders sat with him; not the elders of the city, or the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Sackcloth - Jehoram hoped perhaps to avert Yahweh’s anger, as his father had done 1Ki 21:29. But there was no spirit of…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
He had sackcloth within upon his flesh - The king was in deep mourning for the distresses of the people.
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
and he passed by upon the wall The R.V. places these words in a parenthesis rendering (Now he was passing by upon the…
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