[123] 1 Kings xxi. 27; Isa. xx. 2, 3.
[124] Compare the wrath of Pashur the priest in consequence of the denunciation of Jeremiah (Jer. xx. 2).
[125] 1 Kings xix. 2.
[126] In 2 Kings vi. 33 we should read melek (king) for maleak (messenger). Jehoram repented of his hasty order.
[127] The Jews say Gehazi, and his three sons (Jarchi).
[128] Lev. xiii. 46; Num. v. 2, 3.
[129] The capitals of the ancient Hittites—a nation whose fame had been almost entirely obliterated till a few years ago—were Karchemish, Kadesh, Hamath, and Helbon (Aleppo).
[130] Lectures, ii. 345.
[131] Jer. xxv. 29; Ezek. xxxviii. 21.
[132] See the cases of Samuel (1 Sam. ix. 7), of Ahijah (1 Kings xiv. 3), and of Elisha himself (2 Kings iv. 42).