SEV Biblia, Chapter 7:17
Y el rey puso a la puerta a aquel príncipe sobre cuya mano él se apoyaba; y le atropelló el pueblo a la entrada, y murió, conforme a lo que había dicho el varón de Dios, lo que habló cuando el rey descendió a él.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 7:17
Verse 17. And the people trode upon him] This officer being appointed by the king to have the command of the gate, the people rushing out to get spoil, and in to carry it to their houses, he was borne down by the multitude and trodden to death. This also was foreseen by the spirit of prophecy. The literal and exact fulfillment of such predictions must have acquired the prophet a great deal of credit in Israel. DR. Lightfoot remarks that, between the first and last year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat, there are very many occurrences mentioned which are not referred nor fixed to their proper year; and, therefore, they must be calculated in a gross sum, as coming to pass in one of these years. These are the stories contained in chapters 4., 5., 6., and 7., of this book; and in 2 Chron. xxi. 6-19. They may be calculated thus: In the first year of Jehoram, Elisha, returning out of Moab into the land of Israel, multiplies the widow's oil; he is lodged in Shunem, and assures his hostess of a child.
The seven years' famine was then begun, and he gives the Shunammite warning of its continuance.
The second year she bears her child in the land of the Philistines, chap. viii. 2. And Elisha resides among the disciples of the prophets at Gilgal, heals the poisoned pottage, and feeds one hundred men with twenty barley loaves and some ears of corn. That summer he cures Naaman of his leprosy, the only cure of this kind done till Christ came.
The third year he makes iron to swim, prevents the Syrians' ambushments, strikes those with blindness who were sent to seize him, and sends them back to their master.
The fourth year Jehoshaphat dies, and Edom rebels and shakes off the yoke laid upon them by David: Libnah also rebels.
The fifth year Samaria is besieged by Ben-hadad, the city is most grievously afflicted; and, after being nearly destroyed by famine, it is suddenly relieved by a miraculous interference of God, which had been distinctly foretold by Elisha.
The sixth year the Philistines and Arabians oppress Jehoram, king of Judah, and take captive his wives and children, leaving only one son behind.
The seventh year Jehoram falls into a grievous sickness, so that his bowels fall out, 2 Chron. xxi. 19. And in the same year the seven years' famine ends about the time of harvest; and at that harvest, the Shunammite's son dies, and is restored to life by Elisha, though the story of his birth and death is related together; and yet some years must have passed between them. Not long after this the Shunammite goes to the king to petition to be restored to her own land, which she had left in the time of the famine, and had sojourned in the land of the Philistines.
This year Elisha is at Damascus, Ben-hadad falls sick; Hazael stifles him with a wet cloth, and reigns in his stead. All these things Dr. Lightfoot supposes happened between A.M. 3110 and 3117. - See Lightfoot's Works, vol. i., p. 88. In examining the facts recorded in these books, we shall always find it difficult, and sometimes impossible, to ascertain the exact chronology. The difficulty is increased by a custom common among these annalists, the giving the whole of a story at once, though several incidents took place at the distance of some years from the commencement of the story: as they seem unwilling to have to recur to the same history in the chronological order of its facts.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 17. And the king appointed the lord, on whose hand he leaned, to have the charge of the gate , etc.] Not to keep out the enemy, of which there was no danger; but to prevent disorders and tumults among the people, and that they might go out in an orderly and regular manner: and the people trod upon him in the gate ; being eager to get out for food; and he endeavouring to keep order among them, they pressed upon him, and threw him down, and trampled him under foot; or he was placed here to regulate the market, that everyone might be supplied in course, but through the people’s pressing to get provisions, he was overborne, and trod upon: and died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him ; so that he saw the plenty, but partook not of it, as he said, (see 2 Kings 7:2).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 12-20 - Here see the wants of Israel supplied in a way they little thought of which should encourage us to depend upon the power and goodness of God in our greatest straits. God's promise may be safely relied on, for n word of his shall fall to the ground. The nobleman that questioned the truth of Elisha's word, saw the plenty, to silence and shame his unbelief, and therein saw his own folly; but he did not eat of the plenty he saw. Justly do those find the world's promises fail them, wh think that the promises of God will disappoint them. Learn how deepl God resents distrust of his power, providence, and promise: ho uncertain life is, and the enjoyments of it: how certain God' threatenings are, and how sure to come on the guilty. May God help u to inquire whether we are exposed to his threatenings, or interested in his promises __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
והמלך 4428 הפקיד 6485 את 853 השׁלישׁ 7991 אשׁר 834 נשׁען 8172 על 5921 ידו 3027 על 5921 השׁער 8179 וירמסהו 7429 העם 5971 בשׁער 8179 וימת 4191 כאשׁר 834 דבר 1696 אישׁ 376 האלהים 430 אשׁר 834 דבר 1696 ברדת 3381 המלך 4428 אליו׃ 413
