And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
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Gill's Exposition
And they said, this is blood,.... They were very confident of it, having no notion of water, there having been no rain for some time; and perhaps it was not usual to see water at any time in this…
Barnes' Notes
When the meat offering was offered - i. e. about sunrise, when the morning sacrifice was offered. Compare 1Ki 18:29. There came water by the way of Edom - The Wady-el-Ahsy drains a considerable…
Adam Clarke
When the meat-offering was offered - This was the first of all offerings, and was generally made at sun-rising.
There came water - This supply was altogether miraculous, for there was neither wind nor…
I. We have here the divine gift of both those things which God had promised by Elisha - water and victory, and the former not only a pledge of the latter, but a means of it. God, who created, and…
Cambridge Bible
when the meat offering was offered R.V. about the time of offering the oblation. The term meat offeringhas become misleading to modern English readers, because it would now imply that flesh of some…
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