In this chapter we have, I. A further account of the wondrous works of Elisha. 1. His making iron to swim, 2 Kings 6:1–7. 2. His disclosing to the king of Israel the secret counsels of the king of Syria, 2 Kings 6:8–12. 3.

Several things may be observed here, I. Concerning the sons of the prophets, and their condition and character. The college here spoken of seems to be that at Gilgal, for there Elisha was , and it was near Jordan; and, probably, wherever Elisha resided as many as could of the sons of the prophets…

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 abilities any man has of doing good, he is by them made a debtor both to the wise and unwise.

Here is, 1. The great force which the king of Syria sent to seize Elisha. He found out where he was, at Dothan , which was not far from Samaria; thither he sent a great host, who were to come upon him by night, and to bring him dead or alive, 2 Kings 6:14.

This last paragraph of this chapter should, of right, have been the first of the next chapter, for it begins a new story, which is there continued and concluded. Here is, I. The siege which the king of Syria laid to Samaria and the great distress which the city was reduced to thereby.