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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 King 8:1 - 8:1
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2Ki 8:1-6. The Shunammite’s land restored.
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 2Ki 5:1-27 and 2Ki 6:1-33.
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 (Jam 5:17) - a just increase of severity, since the Israelites still continued obdurate and incorrigible under the ministry and miracles of Elisha (Lev 26:21, Lev 26:24, Lev 26:28).