2 Kings 6:30-32
Amplified Bible
30 When the king heard the woman’s words, he [a]tore his clothes—now he was still walking along on the wall—and the people looked [at him], and he had on [b]sackcloth underneath [his royal robe] next to his skin. 31 Then he said, “[c]May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today!”
32 Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. And the king sent a man ahead of him [to behead Elisha]; but before the messenger arrived, Elisha told the elders, “Do you see how this son of [Jezebel] a murderer has sent [a man] to remove my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold it securely against him. Is not the sound of his master’s feet [just] behind him?”
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- 2 Kings 6:30 Usually an act symbolizing grief or anguish.
- 2 Kings 6:30 A coarse cloth usually made of goat’s hair and worn as a sign of mourning.
- 2 Kings 6:31 Jehoram, the king of Israel, may have been angry at Elisha because the prophet had persuaded him not to kill the enemy army when he had the chance (v 22). He may also have blamed Elisha for the famine (or for failing to ask God to end it), though there is no indication that Elisha had called for it or announced it.
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