20 And so it happened to him; and the people trampled upon him in the gate, and he died.
And Jehovah said to Moses and to Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to hallow me before the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land that I have given them.
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth towards the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Jehovah your God, and ye shall be established; believe his prophets, and ye shall prosper!
and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye believe not, surely ye shall not be established.
Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that confideth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah. And he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but he shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.
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Commentary on 2 Kings 7 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 7
Relief is here brought to Samaria and her king, when the case is, in a manner, desperate, and the king despairing.
2Ki 7:1-2
Here,
2Ki 7:3-11
We are here told,
2Ki 7:12-20
Here we have,