1 Kings 19:17 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 19:17

Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay; and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

KJV

And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Compare the marginal references. Shall Elisha slay - i. e., With a spiritual slaying by the “word of the Lord,” which is “sharper than any two-edged sword,” and may be said to slay those whose doom it pronounces (compare the marginal reference; Jer 1:10). Elisha does not seem, like Elijah, to have executed God’s judgments on the guilty.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Hazael began to slay them before Jehu was king, though his cruelty was much increased afterward. Jehu destroyed those whom Hazael did not, as king Joram himself, and Ahaziah, and all the near relations of Ahab.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָיָ֗ה	ve.ha.Yah	and it will be	H1961 →
הַנִּמְלָ֛ט	ha.nim.Lat	the [one who] escapes	H4422 →
מֵחֶ֥רֶב	me.Che.rev	from [the] sword of	H2719 →
חֲזָאֵ֖ל	cha.za.'El	Hazael	H2371 →
יָמִ֣ית	ya.Mit	he will put to death	H4191 →
יֵה֑וּא	ye.Hu'	Jehu	H3058 →
וְהַנִּמְלָ֛ט	ve.ha.nim.Lat	and the [one who] escapes	H4422 →
מֵחֶ֥רֶב	me.Che.rev	from [the] sword of	H2719 →
יֵה֖וּא	ye.Hu'	Jehu	H3058 →
יָמִ֥ית	ya.Mit	he will put to death	H4191 →
אֱלִישָֽׁע׃	'e.li.Sha'	Elisha	H477 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Kings 8:12
“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword,…
leads to
- 2 Kings 12:17
  At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Hosea 13:16
  Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
- Nahum 3:10
  Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in…
- 2 Kings 15:16
  At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.
- 2 Kings 13:3
  So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them continually into the hands of Hazael king of Aram and his son Ben-hadad.
Through
2 Kings 13:22
And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz.
leads to
- 2 Kings 8:12
  “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword,…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Hosea 6:5
Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.
leads to
- Jeremiah 23:29
  “Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
- Jeremiah 1:10
  See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”