2 Kings 6:31 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 6:31

He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

KJV

Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

God do so ... - Jehoram uses almost the very words of his wicked mother, when she sought the life of Elijah (marginal reference). The head of Elisha - Beheading was not an ordinary Jewish punishment. The Law did not sanction it. But in Assyria, Babylonia, and generally through the East, it was the most conmon form of capital punishment. It is not quite clear why Elisha was to be punished. Perhaps Jehoram argued from his other miracles that he could give deliverance from the present peril, if he liked.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

What had Elisha done? his head is the most innocent and valuable in all Israel, and yet that must be devoted, and made an anathema. Thus in the days of the persecuting emperors, when the empire groaned under any extraordinary calamity, the fault was laid on the Christians, and they were doomed to destruction. Christianos ad leones--Away with the Christians to the lions.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
כֹּֽה־	koh-	thus	H3541 →
יַעֲשֶׂה־	ya.'a.seh-	may he do	H6213 →
לִּ֥י	li	to me
אֱלֹהִ֖ים	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
וְכֹ֣ה	ve.Khoh	and thus	H3541 →
יוֹסִ֑ף	yo.Sif	may he add	H3254 →
אִֽם־	'im-	if	H518 →
יַעֲמֹ֞ד	ya.'a.Mod	it will remain standing	H5975 →
רֹ֣אשׁ	rosh	[the] head of	H7218 →
אֱלִישָׁ֧ע	'e.li.Sha'	Elisha	H477 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
שָׁפָ֛ט	sha.Fat	Shaphat	H8202 →
עָלָ֖יו	'a.Lav	on him	H5921 →
הַיּֽוֹם׃	hai.Yom	this day	H3117 →

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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.

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1 Kings 19:2
So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those…
leads to
- 1 Kings 20:10
  Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ruth 1:17
  Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Ruth 1:17
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 3:17
  “What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”
- 1 Kings 2:23
  Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.
- 2 Samuel 19:13
  And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
Through
1 Kings 22:8
The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son…
leads to
- John 7:7
  The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
- John 3:19–21
  And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
- Amos 5:10
  There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.