Overview
2 Kings 6:1, Elisha, giving leave to the young prophets to enlarge their dwellings, causes iron to swim; 2 Kings 6:8, He discloses the king of Syria’s counsel; 2 Kings 6:13, The army which was sent to Dothan to apprehend Elisha, is smitten with blindness; 2 Kings 6:19, Being brought into Samaria, they are dismissed in peace; 2 Kings 6:24, The famine in Samaria causes women to eat their own children; 2 Kings 6:30, The king sends to slay Elisha.

the sons: 2 Kings 2:3, 2 Kings 4:1, 1 Kings 20:35
the place: 2 Kings 4:38, 1 Samuel 19:20
too strait for us: Joshua 17:14, Joshua 19:47, Job 36:16, Isaiah 49:19, Isaiah 49:20, Isaiah 54:2, Isaiah 54:3
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 10:5 - a company 2 Kings 2:15 - bowed 2 Kings 9:1 - the children Amos 2:11 - I raised Amos 7:14 - neither John 21:3 - I go

Be content: 2 Kings 5:23, Judges 19:6, Job 6:28
go with thy: Judges 4:8

they cut down wood: Deuteronomy 19:5, Deuteronomy 29:11

he cut down: This could have no natural tendency to raise the iron and cause it to swim: it was only a sign, or ceremony, which the prophet chose to employ on the occasion. 2 Kings 2:21, 2 Kings 4:41, Exodus 15:25, Mark 7:33, Mark 7:34, Mark 8:23-25, John 9:6, John 9:7
the iron: This was the real miracle; for the gravity of the metal must otherwise still have kept it at the bottom of the river.
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 9:6 - city 2 Kings 8:4 - all the great

the king: 2 Kings 6:24, 1 Kings 20:1, 1 Kings 20:34, 1 Kings 22:31
took: 1 Kings 20:23, Job 5:12, Job 5:13, Proverbs 20:18, Proverbs 21:30, Isaiah 7:5-7, Isaiah 8:10
camp: or, encamping
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 14:5 - the Lord 1 Kings 20:13 - Hast thou 2 Kings 6:23 - So the bands Daniel 2:19 - was John 15:15 - all Acts 13:11 - thou Acts 14:6 - were

Beware: 2 Kings 3:17-19, 1 Kings 20:13, 1 Kings 20:28
thither the Syrians: 2 Kings 4:27, Amos 3:7, Revelation 1:1
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 6:12 - telleth 2 Kings 6:23 - So the bands 2 Kings 8:4 - all the great 2 Kings 13:19 - the man of God Jeremiah 11:18 - the Lord Acts 27:10 - I perceive

sent to the place: To see if it were so. But the Vulgate renders, misit rex Israel ad locum, et preoccupavit eum; "the king of Israel sent to the place, and pre-occupied it;" which is very likely, though not expressed in the Hebrew Text. 2 Kings 5:14, Exodus 9:20, Exodus 9:21, 1 Kings 20:15, Proverbs 27:12, Matthew 24:15-17
warned him: Ezekiel 3:18-21, Matthew 2:12, Matthew 3:7, Hebrews 11:7
saved: 2 Kings 2:12, 2 Kings 13:14, 2 Chronicles 20:20, Amos 7:1-6, Acts 27:24
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 6:12 - telleth Job 33:29 - oftentimes Job 40:5 - twice Jeremiah 11:18 - the Lord Jeremiah 35:4 - a man Ezekiel 33:5 - But Acts 27:10 - I perceive Acts 27:11 - believed 2 Peter 1:21 - in old time

None: Heb. No
Elisha: 2 Kings 5:3, 2 Kings 5:8, 2 Kings 5:13-15, Amos 3:7
telleth: 2 Kings 6:9, 2 Kings 6:10, Isaiah 29:15, Jeremiah 23:23, Jeremiah 23:24, Daniel 2:22, Daniel 2:23, Daniel 2:28-30, Daniel 2:47, Daniel 4:9-18, thy bed chamber, Psalms 139:1-4, Ecclesiastes 10:20
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 20:22 - the prophet 2 Kings 4:27 - hid it from me 2 Kings 5:26 - Went 2 Kings 6:32 - ere the messenger 2 Kings 8:5 - My lord 2 Kings 8:7 - The man of God Job 12:22 - discovereth Psalms 139:2 - knowest John 4:19 - I perceive

spy where: 1 Samuel 23:22, 1 Samuel 23:23, Psalms 10:8-10, Psalms 37:12-14, Psalms 37:32, Psalms 37:33, Jeremiah 36:26, Matthew 2:4-8, John 11:47-53, Acts 23:12-27
Dothan: This is supposed to be the same place where Joseph was sold by his brethren; and it is placed by Eusebius 12 miles north of Samaria. Genesis 37:17
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 1:9 - sent unto

sent he thither horses: It is strange the Syrian monarch did not think, that he who could penetrate his secrets with respect to the Israelitish army, could inform himself of all the machinations against his own life. 2 Kings 1:9-13, 1 Samuel 23:26, 1 Samuel 24:2, Matthew 26:47, Matthew 26:55, John 18:3-6
great: Heb. heavy, 2 Kings 18:17, *marg.
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 11:18 - the Lord Zechariah 12:4 - I will smite

Smite this people: Confound their sight, so that they may not know what they see; and so mistake one place for another. The word sanverim, rendered blindness, occurs only here and in Genesis 19:11 - see note. Deuteronomy 28:28, Job 5:14, Zechariah 12:4, John 9:39, John 12:40, Acts 13:11, Romans 11:7
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 13:4 - his hand 2 Kings 3:23 - This is blood 2 Kings 4:33 - prayed 2 Kings 6:17 - open his eyes Job 38:15 - from Jeremiah 36:26 - but Hosea 9:8 - with Luke 24:16 - General John 8:59 - but

follow me: Heb. come ye after me, Matthew 16:24, Mark 8:34, Luke 9:23
I will bring: 2 Samuel 16:18, 2 Samuel 16:19, Luke 24:16
Reciprocal: Genesis 37:15 - What Joshua 2:4 - General Judges 4:18 - Jael Jeremiah 38:27 - and he told

open the eyes: 2 Kings 6:17, Luke 24:31
opened: Judges 20:40-42, Luke 16:23
Reciprocal: Genesis 3:7 - And the 2 Kings 4:33 - prayed

My father: This was dastardly: the utmost he ought to have done with these men, when thus brought into his hand, was to make them prisoners of war. 2 Kings 2:12, 2 Kings 5:13, 2 Kings 8:9, 2 Kings 13:14
shall: 1 Samuel 24:4, 1 Samuel 24:19, 1 Samuel 26:8, Luke 9:54-56, Luke 22:49
Reciprocal: Judges 17:10 - a father Judges 18:19 - a father Matthew 23:9 - call Mark 6:20 - feared

he prepared: 1 Samuel 24:17, 1 Samuel 24:18, 2 Chronicles 28:15, Proverbs 25:21, Proverbs 25:22, Matthew 5:47, Luke 6:35, Luke 10:29-37
So the bands: That is, for a considerable time. What is mentioned in the next verse was more than a year afterwards. See note on 2 Kings 6:8, 2 Kings 6:9, 2 Kings 5:2, 2 Kings 24:2
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 4:2 - captains 1 Kings 18:4 - fed them 2 Kings 13:20 - the bands

gathered: 2 Kings 17:5, 2 Kings 18:9, 2 Kings 25:1, Deuteronomy 28:52, 1 Kings 20:1, 1 Kings 22:31, Ecclesiastes 9:14
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 16:17 - besieged Tirzah 1 Kings 20:42 - thy life shall go 2 Kings 6:8 - the king 2 Kings 8:7 - Benhadad Amos 1:4 - Benhadad

a great famine: 2 Kings 6:28, 2 Kings 6:29, 2 Kings 7:4, 2 Kings 25:3, 1 Kings 18:2, Jeremiah 14:13-15, Jeremiah 14:18, Jeremiah 32:24, Jeremiah 52:6
an ass's head: If the pieces of silver were drachms, the whole would amount to about 2£ 9s; which was a great price for so mean a part of this unclean animal. Ezekiel 4:13-16
dove's dung: This probably denotes, as Bochart, Scheuchzer, and others suppose, a kind of pulse, or vetches, which the Arabs still call pigeon's dung. "They never," says Dr. Shaw (Travels, p. 140), "constitute a dish by themselves, but are strewed singly as a garnish over cuscasowe, pillowe, and other dishes. They are besides in the greatest repute after they are parched in pans and ovens; then assuming the name leblebby;" and he thinks they were so called from being pointed at one end, and acquiring an ash colour in parching.
Reciprocal: Genesis 12:10 - was a Genesis 41:55 - famished 2 Samuel 21:1 - a famine 1 Kings 8:37 - in the land famine 1 Kings 16:17 - besieged Tirzah 2 Kings 7:1 - a measure of fine flour 2 Kings 18:27 - eat 2 Chronicles 6:28 - if there be dearth Psalms 59:15 - for meat Isaiah 36:12 - that they may Lamentations 1:11 - seek Ezekiel 5:16 - and will Amos 4:6 - and want

my lord: 2 Samuel 14:4, Isaiah 10:3, Luke 18:3, Acts 21:28
Reciprocal: Genesis 47:18 - General 2 Kings 4:2 - What shall I 2 Kings 8:3 - General 2 Kings 8:5 - My lord Job 21:4 - if it were Psalms 107:12 - and there Jeremiah 19:9 - eat the Lamentations 4:3 - the daughter Lamentations 4:10 - hands

If the Lord: etc. or, Let not the Lord save thee
whence: Psalms 60:11, Psalms 62:8, Psalms 118:8, Psalms 118:9, Psalms 124:1-3, Psalms 127:1, Psalms 146:3, Isaiah 2:2, Jeremiah 17:5
Reciprocal: Genesis 41:16 - It is not Numbers 18:27 - the corn Deuteronomy 28:8 - storehouses 1 Samuel 28:16 - Wherefore 2 Kings 4:2 - What shall I Job 21:4 - if it were Psalms 107:12 - and there Ecclesiastes 10:13 - beginning

next: Heb. other
she hath hid: 1 Kings 3:26, Isaiah 49:15, Isaiah 66:13
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:29 - General Deuteronomy 28:53 - the fruit 2 Kings 6:25 - a great famine Job 39:16 - as Lamentations 2:20 - Shall the women Lamentations 4:10 - in Ezekiel 5:10 - the fathers

he rent his clothes: 2 Kings 5:7, 2 Kings 19:1, 1 Kings 21:27, Isaiah 58:5-7
Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 3:7 - time to rend Isaiah 15:3 - their streets Jeremiah 48:37 - upon the loins Joel 2:13 - your garments

the elders: Ezekiel 8:1, Ezekiel 14:1, Ezekiel 20:1, Ezekiel 33:31
ere the messenger: 2 Kings 6:12, 2 Kings 5:26
See ye how: Luke 13:32
son of a murderer: 1 Kings 18:4, 1 Kings 18:13, 1 Kings 18:14, 1 Kings 21:10
the sound: 1 Kings 14:6
Reciprocal: Exodus 7:1 - See 2 Kings 3:2 - wrought 2 Kings 5:9 - General 2 Kings 7:18 - as the man 2 Kings 8:4 - all the great Jeremiah 32:3 - Zedekiah Lamentations 3:39 - a man Acts 5:9 - the feet Hebrews 11:34 - escaped