Lièwángjìxià 13:17

17 Shuō , nǐ kāi zhāo dōng de chuānghu . tā jiù kāi le . Yǐlìshā shuō , shè jiàn ba . tā jiù shè jiàn . Yǐlìshā shuō , zhè shì Yēhéhuá de déshèng jiàn , jiù shì zhànshèng Yàlán rén de jiàn . yīnwei nǐ bì zaì Yàfú gōngdǎ Yàlán rén , zhídào miè jǐn tāmen .

Lièwángjìxià 13:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 13:17

And he said, open the window eastward
Syria lying east of the land of Israel, as the Jewish commentators in general observe, and for which they quote ( Isaiah 9:12 ) , but it lay northeast, or rather more to the north; wherefore this may respect the eastward part of the land of Israel, which the Syrians had got possession of, and should be recovered, as this sign showed, see ( 2 Kings 10:33 ) ,

and he opened it: then Elisha said, shoot, and he shot;
the arrow, out of the window, being opened:

and he said, the arrow of the Lord's deliverance, and the arrow of
deliverance from Syria;
meaning, that that arrow was a sign of the Lord's deliverance of Israel from the Syrians, by whom they had been sadly oppressed, and reduced very low:

for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek till thou hast consumed
them;
not the whole nation, but that army they should bring thither; which was a city in the land of Israel, where the Syrians were routed in Ahab's time; 100,000 were slain near it on one day, and 27,000 by the fall of the wall of it, ( 1 Kings 20:26 1 Kings 20:29 1 Kings 20:30 ) hence some read the words here, "as in Aphek."

Lièwángjìxià 13:17 In-Context

15 Yǐlìshā duì tā shuō , nǐ qǔ gōng jiàn lái . wáng jiù qǔ le gōng jiàn lái .

16 Yòu duì Yǐsèliè wáng shuō , nǐ yòng shǒu ná gōng . wáng jiù yòng shǒu ná gōng . Yǐlìshā àn shǒu zaì wáng de shǒu shàng ,

17 Shuō , nǐ kāi zhāo dōng de chuānghu . tā jiù kāi le . Yǐlìshā shuō , shè jiàn ba . tā jiù shè jiàn . Yǐlìshā shuō , zhè shì Yēhéhuá de déshèng jiàn , jiù shì zhànshèng Yàlán rén de jiàn . yīnwei nǐ bì zaì Yàfú gōngdǎ Yàlán rén , zhídào miè jǐn tāmen .

18 Yǐlìshā yòu shuō , qǔ jǐ zhī jiàn lái . tā jiù qǔ le lái . Yǐlìshā shuō , dá dì ba . tā dá le sān cì , biàn zhǐ zhù le .

19 Shén rén xiàng tā fānù , shuō , yīngdāng jī dá wǔ liù cì , jiù néng gōngdǎ Yàlán rén zhídào miè jǐn . xiànzaì zhǐ néng dá baì Yàlán rén sān cì .