SEV Biblia, Chapter 13:16
Y dijo Eliseo al rey de Israel: Pon tu mano sobre el arco como para tirar . Y puso él su mano sobre el arco. Entonces puso Eliseo sus manos sobre las manos del rey,
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 16. And he said unto the king of Israel, put thine hand upon the bow, and he put his hand upon it , etc.] His left hand: and Elisha put his hands upon the king’s hands ; on both his hands, which were put, the one on the bow, the other on the arrow f135 ; hereby signifying, that though the king would draw the bow in battle, the Lord, whom the prophet represented, would give the success; and that it would be by his help, and through his blessing on his arms, that he would obtain victory over his enemies.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 10-19 - Jehoash, the king, came to Elisha, to receive his dying counsel an blessing. It may turn much to our spiritual advantage, to attend the sick-beds and death-beds of good men, that we may be encouraged in religion by the living comforts they have from it in a dying hour Elisha assured the king of his success; yet he must look up to God for direction and strength; must reckon his own hands not enough, but go on, in dependence upon Divine aid. The trembling hands of the dyin prophet, as they signified the power of God, gave this arrow more forc than the hands of the king in his full strength. By contemning the sign, the king lost the thing signified, to the grief of the dyin prophet. It is a trouble to good men, to see those to whom they wis well, forsake their own mercies, and to see them lose advantage against spiritual enemies.
Original Hebrew
ויאמר 559 למלך 4428 ישׂראל 3478 הרכב 7392 ידך 3027 על 5921 הקשׁת 7198 וירכב 7392 ידו 3027 וישׂם 7760 אלישׁע 477 ידיו 3027 על 5921 ידי 3027 המלך׃ 4428
