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2 Re 3:11

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11 Ma Giosafat chiese: "Non v’ha egli qui alcun profeta dell’Eterno mediante il quale possiam consultare l’Eterno?" Uno dei servi del re d’Israele rispose: "V’è qui Eliseo, figliuolo di Shafat, il quale versava l’acqua sulle mani d’Elia". E Giosafat disse:

2 Re 3:11 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 3:11

But Jehoshaphat said, is there not here a prophet of the Lord,
that we may inquire of the Lord by him?
&c.] This the good king should have done before be set out, but had neglected it; however, it was not too late:

and one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said;
who might be one that feared the Lord, and was intimate with Elisha, or however had knowledge of him, as appears by what follows:

here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of
Elijah;
or ministered to him, as the Targum; was his menial servant, waited on him, and assisted him when he washed his hands F7; some Jewish writers understand it of his pouring water on the hand of Elijah at Carmel, when the altar and trench were filled with it, and when a miracle was wrought, as they fancy, and the fingers of Elijah became as fountains of water.


FOOTNOTES:

F7 See the like phrase of the business of a servant in Homer, Iliad. 3. ver. 270, & Iliad. 9. ver. 174. Odyss. 1. ver. 147. & Odyss. 3. ver. 388. & Odyss. 4. ver. 258, 261. & passim.
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2 Re 3:11 In-Context

9 Così il re d’Israele, il re di Giuda e il re di Edom si mossero; e dopo aver girato a mezzodì con una marcia di sette giorni, mancò l’acqua all’esercito e alle bestie che gli andavan dietro.
10 Allora il re d’Israele disse: "Ahimè, l’Eterno ha chiamati assieme questi tre re, per darli nelle mani di Moab!"
11 Ma Giosafat chiese: "Non v’ha egli qui alcun profeta dell’Eterno mediante il quale possiam consultare l’Eterno?" Uno dei servi del re d’Israele rispose: "V’è qui Eliseo, figliuolo di Shafat, il quale versava l’acqua sulle mani d’Elia". E Giosafat disse:
12 "La parola dell’Eterno è con lui". Così il re d’Israele, Giosafat e il re di Edom andarono a trovarlo.
13 Eliseo disse al re d’Israele: "Che ho io da far con te? Vattene ai profeti di tuo padre ed ai profeti di tua madre!" Il re d’Israele gli rispose: "No, perché l’Eterno ha chiamati insieme questi tre re per darli nelle mani di Moab".
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