Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
THE SHUNAMMITE'S LAND RESTORED. (II Kings 8:1-6)
Then spake Elisha unto the woman—rather "had spoken." The repetition of Elisha's direction to the Shunammite is merely given as an introduction to the following narrative; and it probably took place before the events recorded in chapters 5 and 6.
the Lord hath called for a famine—All such calamities are chastisements inflicted by the hand of God; and this famine was to be of double duration to that one which happened in the time of Elijah (James 5:17) —a just increase of severity, since the Israelites still continued obdurate and incorrigible under the ministry and miracles of Elisha (Leviticus 26:21, Leviticus 26:24, Leviticus 26:28).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Kings 8:1:
2 Kings 4:38
2 Kings 8:1
Amos 4:6-11
Haggai 1:11
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