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2 Könige 6:31
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Und er sprach: Gott tue mir dies und das, wo das Haupt Elisas, des Sohnes Saphats, heute auf ihm stehen wird!
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
God do so: Ruth 1:17, 1 Samuel 3:17, 1 Samuel 14:44, 1 Samuel 25:22, 2 Samuel 3:9, 2 Samuel 3:35, 2 Samuel 19:13, 1 Kings 2:23
if the head: 1 Kings 18:17, 1 Kings 19:2, 1 Kings 22:8, Jeremiah 37:15, Jeremiah 37:16, Jeremiah 38:4, John 11:50, Acts 23:12, Acts 23:13
Reciprocal: Leviticus 5:4 - to do evil 2 Kings 3:2 - wrought 2 Kings 5:20 - as the Lord liveth Proverbs 16:14 - messengers Ecclesiastes 10:13 - beginning Jeremiah 32:3 - Zedekiah Matthew 14:9 - the oath's Mark 6:23 - he Luke 6:23 - for in
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then he said, God do so and more also to me,.... He swore and made dreadful imprecations:
if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day; imputing the sore famine to him, because he had foretold it, and did not pray for the removal of it, as he might; and perhaps had advised and encouraged the king to hold out the siege, which had brought them to this extremity, and therefore was enraged at him.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
God do so ... - Jehoram uses almost the very words of his wicked mother, when she sought the life of Elijah (marginal reference).
The head of Elisha - Beheading was not an ordinary Jewish punishment. The Law did not sanction it. But in Assyria, Babylonia, and generally through the East, it was the most conmon form of capital punishment. It is not quite clear why Elisha was to be punished. Perhaps Jehoram argued from his other miracles that he could give deliverance from the present peril, if he liked.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 31. If the head of Elisha - shall stand on him — Either he attributed these calamities to the prophet, or else he thought he could remove them, and yet would not. The miserable king was driven to desperation.
