2 Reyes 7:2

2 El ayudante personal del rey replicó:—¡No me digas! Aun si el SEÑOR abriera las ventanas del cielo, ¡no podría suceder tal cosa!—Pues lo verás con tus propios ojos —le advirtió Eliseo—, pero no llegarás a comerlo.

2 Reyes 7:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 7:2

Then a lord, on whose hand the king leaned
Not figuratively, in whom the king confided, but literally, on whose hand he rested, and by whom he was supported, being a form and matter of state, while he and Elisha were talking together, or on whom he leaned as he came to him; this was a principal lord, the third to the king, as his title seems to denote; the word by which the Septuagint renders it is by Suidas ^F21 interpreted of such that held three spears in the hand together; and this was an honourable post, for a king to lean on him; such state was used by the king of Syria, ( 2 Kings 5:18 ) and by the kings and queens of Persia; so Gorionides ^F23 says of Esther, that on the third day; she put on her beautiful garments and glorious ornaments, and took two of her maidens with her, and put her right hand on one of them, and leaned upon her in a royal manner, or as was the manner of kings: the same

answered the man of God;
the prophet of the Lord, as the Targum:

and said, behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this
thing be?
it is impossible it should be, if he was to open the windows of heaven as at the flood, and let down showers of wheat and barley, in like manner as he rained manna in the wilderness:

and he said;
the prophet in reply to him:

behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof;
wheat and barley sold at the above price, but should not taste of it, as a punishment of his unbelief.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 In voce (tristatai) .
F23 Heb. Hist. l. 2. c. 4.

2 Reyes 7:2 In-Context

1 Eliseo contestó:—Oigan la palabra del SEÑOR, que dice así: “Mañana a estas horas, a la entrada de Samaria, podrá comprarse una medida de flor de harina con una sola moneda de plata, y hasta una doble medida de cebada por el mismo precio”.

2 El ayudante personal del rey replicó:—¡No me digas! Aun si el SEÑOR abriera las ventanas del cielo, ¡no podría suceder tal cosa!—Pues lo verás con tus propios ojos —le advirtió Eliseo—, pero no llegarás a comerlo.

3 Ese día, cuatro hombres que padecían de lepra se hallaban a la entrada de la ciudad.—¿Qué ganamos con quedarnos aquí sentados, esperando la muerte? —se dijeron unos a otros—.

4 No ganamos nada con entrar en la ciudad. Allí nos moriremos de hambre con todos los demás, pero si nos quedamos aquí, nos sucederá lo mismo. Vayamos, pues, al campamento de los sirios, para rendirnos. Si nos perdonan la vida, viviremos; y si nos matan, de todos modos moriremos.

5 Al anochecer se pusieron en camino, pero cuando llegaron a las afueras del campamento sirio, ¡ya no había nadie allí!