Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 7:20
And so it fell out unto him: for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died.
20. the people trode upon him ] The excitement was no doubt intense. The crowd had been in the camp, had eaten and drunk abundantly, and were carrying home spoils, and probably thinking how soon they could return for another load. There would be but little consideration given to the captain at the gate. The excited mob had lost respect for greatness, and so he is borne down in the throng, and killed, having seen the plenty, but had no share of it.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And so it fell out unto him,…. As the prophet predicted:
for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died;
[See comments on 2Ki 7:17].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(20) For the people trode upon him.And the people trampled him down, or under foot.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ki 7:20. And so it fell out unto him The unbelieving lord suffers the doom denounced upon him. He was appointed to command at the gate which led to the camp, in order to prevent tumults; but the people were so eager to get to the spoil, and satisfy their hunger, that they paid no regard to authority; but, each man pressing forward, the crowd was so great, that whilst he interposed to keep order, he was trodden to death in the gate. Note; (1.) The wicked favourites of bad kings have often fallen the victims of popular rage. (2.) God’s threatenings shall be as assuredly fulfilled as his promises. He who hath said, He that believeth shall be saved, hath as unalterably determined, that Whoso believeth not, shall be damned. (3.)
Human greatness or glory is no protection from the arm of the holy God. The greatest men are worms of dust before him: he treads on princes as mortar, and brings contempt on all the honourable of the earth.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
REFLECTIONS
READER! let us in the view of this siege of Samaria behold a lively emblem of the soul’s distressed state by reason of sin. Alas! what a famine, not of bread and of water, but of all spiritual comfort, ease, or satisfaction. In the contemplation of the unexpected deliverance is not Jesus and his great salvation beautifully represented! how graciously discovered! how unexpectedly found! the soul of the sinner, like the leprous man while going from one tent to another, in the discoveries of Jesus’s love can hardly be brought to think it real. How is it, Lord! he continually cries out, as he enters into the enjoyments of salvation, how is it dearest Jesus, that thou hast manifested thyself unto me and not unto the world.
But oh! Reader, let us also learn from the awful history of the unbelieving lord, what everlasting dangers sinners are exposed to, and what everlasting horrors they must ultimately fall in; when neither the gift of the Father in his dear Son, nor Jesus’s love in the free-gift of himself, can work upon the hardened heart to believe unto salvation. What aggravated misery will that be to the unawakened, unregenerated heart, to have lived under the sound of the gospel, but never regarded its gracious calls! to have seen, like this unbelieving lord, the plenty and fulness of redemption, but never to have partaken of it. Oh! dearest, blessed, precious Jesus! add a blessing to all thy finished work, and give me not only to see and to hear with the outward means, but to taste and enjoy the blessed inward power of thy saving truth to the salvation of my soul!
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
2Ki 7:20 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
Ver. 20. For the people trode upon him. ] See 2Ki 7:17 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Num 20:12, 2Ch 20:20, Job 20:23, Isa 7:9, Jer 17:5, Jer 17:6, Heb 3:18, Heb 3:19
Reciprocal: 2Ki 9:33 – and he trode Jer 29:32 – behold