SEV Biblia, Chapter 13:19
Entonces el varón de Dios, enojado con él, le dijo: A herir cinco o seis veces, herirías a Siria, hasta no quedar ninguno; pero ahora tres veces herirás a Siria.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 19. And the man of God was wroth with him , etc.] Because he ceased smiting, and smote no oftener; for it was revealed to the prophet, by an impulse upon his mind, that by the number of times he smote on the ground, it would be known how often he should get the victory over his enemies; but this was to be left to the king’s own will, how often he would smite, and thereby the prophet would know also with what spirit he would pursue his victories, and the advantages he would gain: and said, thou shouldest have smitten five or six times, then hadst thou smitten Syria until thou hadst consumed it ; as a nation, as well as routed their several armies: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice ; beat them only three times in battle, according to the number of his smitings on the ground.
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
ויקצף 7107 עליו 5921 אישׁ 376 האלהים 430 ויאמר 559 להכות 5221 חמשׁ 2568 או 176 שׁשׁ 8337 פעמים 6471 אז 227 הכית 5221 את 853 ארם 758 עד 5704 כלה 3615 ועתה 6258 שׁלשׁ 7969 פעמים 6471 תכה 5221 את 853 ארם׃ 758
