4<\/strong>. let us fall unto the host of the Syrians<\/em> ] These wrecks of humanity use the language which would be used by hale men who were deserting<\/em> one side for another. Cf. 1Sa 29:3<\/span>; 2Ki 25:11<\/span>. The expression ‘fall away’ for ‘desert’ is common in English also. Cf. Shaks. Antony and Cleopatra<\/em>, iv. 6. 17, ‘Canidius and the rest that fell away<\/em> ’.<\/p>\n we shall but die<\/em> ] Josephus makes them say they will be well rid of their lives, .<\/p>\n If we say we will enter into the city<\/strong>,…. Contrary to the law which forbid them:<\/p>\n then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there<\/strong>; not being able to obtain food to preserve life:<\/p>\n and if we sit here, we die also<\/strong>; having nothing to eat to support nature:<\/p>\n now therefore let us come, and fall unto the host of the Syrians<\/strong>; put ourselves into their hands, and lie at their mercy:<\/p>\n if they save us alive, we shall live<\/strong>; if they do not put us to death, but give us bread to eat, our lives will be preserved:<\/p>\n and if they kill us, we shall but die<\/strong>; which we must inevitably do, whether we stay here, or go into the city.<\/p>\n (4) Fall unto<\/strong>i.e., desert, go over to.<\/em><\/p>\n If they save us alive.<\/strong>And give us food, for pitys sake.<\/p>\n We shall but die.<\/strong>As we shall if we stop here, or if we go into the city. (The but is not in the Hebrew.)<\/p>\n 2Ki 7:4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine [is] in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.<\/p>\n Ver. 4. Let us fall unto the host of the Syrians.<\/strong> ] This they ought not to have done – because hereby occasion might be given to those idolaters to insult and blaspheme the true God, as not able to provide for his servants, – but to have died rather in the place. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n If they kill us.<\/strong> ] Extreme famine had made them desperate: as it had those in this nation, about the year 700, who joined hand in hand, forty or fifty in a company, throwing themselves headlong into the sea. a<\/em> <\/p>\n “ Hic rogo, non furor est, ne moriare, mori?<\/em> ”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Godw., Catal., <\/em> 465.<\/p>\n famine. Compare 2Ki 6:25. <\/p>\n host = camp. <\/p>\n we will enter: Jer 14:18 <\/p>\n let us fall: 1Ch 12:19, Jer 37:13, Jer 37:14 <\/p>\n if they save us: Est 4:16, Jer 8:14, Jon 3:9, Luk 15:17-19 <\/p>\n we shall but die: 2Sa 14:14, Heb 9:27 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 43:8 – that we 1Ki 20:31 – peradventure 2Ki 6:25 – a great famine 2Ki 7:3 – Why 2Ki 7:13 – they are even 1Ch 21:13 – I am in Mat 8:2 – a leper Luk 15:18 – will arise<\/p>\n If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine [is] in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 7:4”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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