2 Kings 13:19

The man of God was angry with him, and said, “You should have struck five or six times. Then you would have struck Syria until you had consumed it; whereas now you will strike Syria just three times.”

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WEBBE

The man of God was angry with him, and said, “You should have struck five or six times. Then you would have struck Syria until you had consumed it, but now you will strike Syria just three times.”

BSB

But the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times. Then you would have struck down Aram until you had put an end to it. But now you will strike down Aram only three times.”

KJV

And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.

ASV

And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times: then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it; whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.

BBE

Then the man of God was angry with him and said, If you had done it five or six times, then you would have overcome Aram completely; but now you will only overcome them three times.

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וַיִּקְצֹף vai·yik·tzof and he was angry H7107 עָלָיו 'a·lav towards him H5921 אִישׁ 'ish [the] man of H376 הָאֱלֹהִים ha·'e·lo·him (the) God H430 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 לְהַכּוֹת le·ha·kot to strike H5221 חָמֵשׁ cha·mesh five H2568 אוֹ־ 'ov- or H176 שֵׁשׁ shesh six H8337 פְּעָמִים pe·'a·mim times H6471 אָז 'az then H227 הִכִּיתָ hi·ki·ta you have struck down H5221 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 אֲרָם 'a·ram Aram H758 עַד־ 'ad- until H5704 כַּלֵּה ka·leh make an end H3615 וְעַתָּה ve·'a·tah and now H6258 שָׁלֹשׁ sha·losh three H7969 פְּעָמִים pe·'a·mim times H6471 תַּכֶּה ta·keh you will strike down H5221 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 אֲרָם ס 'a·ram Aram H758

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