2 Kings 13:17

He said, “Open the window eastward”; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot!” and he shot. He said, “Yahweh’s arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for you will strike the Syrians in Aphek, until you have consumed them.”

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WEBBE

He said, “Open the window eastward;” and he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot!” and he shot. He said, “The LORD’s arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for you will strike the Syrians in Aphek until you have consumed them.”

BSB

“Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”

KJV

And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD’S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.

ASV

And he said, Open the window eastward; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot; and he shot. And he said, Jehovah’s arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.

BBE

Then he said; Let the window be open to the east: and he got it open. Then Elisha said, Let the arrow go; and he let it go. And he said, The Lord's arrow of salvation, of salvation over Aram; for you will overcome the Aramaeans in Aphek and put an end to them.

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 פְּתַח pe·tach open H6605 הַחַלּוֹן ha·cha·lon the window H2474 קֵדְמָה ke·de·mah east -ward H6924 וַיִּפְתָּח vai·yif·tach and he opened [it] H6605 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 אֱלִישָׁע 'e·li·sha' Elisha H477 יְרֵה ye·reh shoot H3384 וַיּוֹר vai·yor and he shot H3384 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 חֵץ־ chetz- an arrow of H2671 תְּשׁוּעָה te·shu·'ah victory H8668 לַיהוָה la·yah·weh of Yahweh H3068 וְחֵץ ve·chetz and an arrow of H2671 תְּשׁוּעָה te·shu·'ah victory H8668 בַאֲרָם va·'a·ram on Aram H758 וְהִכִּיתָ ve·hi·ki·ta and you will strike down H5221 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 אֲרָם 'a·ram Aram H758 בַּאֲפֵק ba·'a·fek in Aphek H663 עַד־ 'ad- until H5704 כַּלֵּה ka·leh make an end H3615

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 10–19

Jehoash, the king, came to Elisha, to receive his dying counsel and blessing. It may turn much to our spiritual advantage, to attend the sick-beds and death-beds of good men, that we may be encouraged in religion by the living comforts they have from it in a dying hour. Elisha assured the king of his success; yet he must look up to God for direction and strength; must reckon his own hands not enough, but go on, in dependence upon Divine aid. The trembling hands of the dying prophet, as they signified the power of God, gave this arrow more force than the hands of the king in his full strength. By contemning the sign, the king lost the thing signified, to the grief of the dying prophet. It is a trouble to good men, to see those to whom they wish well, forsake their own mercies, and to see them lose advantages against spiritual enemies.

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Elisha SyriaAphek

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.