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2 Re 13:17

Listen to 2 Re 13:17
17 poi gli disse: "Apri la finestra a levante!" E Joas l’aprì. Allora Eliseo disse: "Tira!" E quegli tirò. Ed Eliseo disse: "Questa è una freccia di vittoria da parte dell’Eterno: la freccia della vittoria contro la Siria. Tu sconfiggerai i Siri in Afek fino a sterminarli".

2 Re 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."

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2 Re 13:17 In-Context

15 Ed Eliseo gli disse: "Prendi un arco e delle frecce"; e Joas prese un arco e delle frecce.
16 Eliseo disse al re d’Israele: "Impugna l’arco"; e quegli impugnò l’arco; ed Eliseo posò le sue mani sulle mani del re,
17 poi gli disse: "Apri la finestra a levante!" E Joas l’aprì. Allora Eliseo disse: "Tira!" E quegli tirò. Ed Eliseo disse: "Questa è una freccia di vittoria da parte dell’Eterno: la freccia della vittoria contro la Siria. Tu sconfiggerai i Siri in Afek fino a sterminarli".
18 Poi disse: "Prendi le frecce!" Joas le prese, ed Eliseo disse al re d’Israele: "Percuoti il suolo"; ed egli lo percosse tre volte, indi si fermò.
19 L’uomo di Dio si adirò contro di lui, e disse: "Avresti dovuto percuoterlo cinque o sei volte; allora tu avresti sconfitto i Siri fino a sterminarli; mentre adesso non li sconfiggerai che tre volte". Eliseo morì, e fu sepolto.
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