And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
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Gill's Exposition
Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing,.... There was as it were a storm in his breast, as the word signifies; he was like a troubled sea, tossed with tempests,…
Barnes' Notes
Saved himself - Rather, he “was ware.” The verb used is the same which is translated “beware” in the preceding verse.
Adam Clarke
Sent to the place - To see if it were so. But the Vulgate gives it quite a different turn: Misit rex Israel ad locum, et praeoccupavit eum. The king of Israel sent previously to the place, and took…
Here we have Elisha, with his spirit of prophecy, serving the king, as before helping the sons of the prophets; for that, as other gifts, is given to every man to profit withal; and, whatever…
Cambridge Bible
sent to the place A single messenger, against whom the Syrians would do nothing, would be enough to find out whether the prophet's warning were true.
not once nor twice i.e. but several times.
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