15 They went after them to the Jordan: and, behold, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. The messengers returned, and told the king.
They gave them drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.
Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has will he give for his life.
What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will you flee for help? and where will you leave your glory?
They shall hang on him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, every small vessel, from the cups even to all the pitchers.
Cast away from you all your transgressions, in which you have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, house of Israel?
For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
However, what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ. Yes most assuredly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
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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,