Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
she . . . sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years—Their territory was recommended to her from its contiguity to her usual residence; and now that this state had been so greatly reduced, there was less risk than formerly from the seductions of idolatry; and many of the Jews and Israelites were residing there. Besides, an emigration thither was less offensive to the king of Israel than going to sojourn in Judah.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Kings 8:2:
2 Kings 8:1
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