[152] 2 Kings xiii. 20, xxiv. 2; Jer. xlviii.
[153] 2 Kings vi. 8-23.
[154] 2 Kings vii. 6.
[155] Jehoram = Jehovah is exalted. Ahaziah = Jehovah holds.
[156] Vial (pak) only here and in 1 Sam. x. 1. "The oil" (LXX., τὸν φακὸν τοῦ ἐλαίου).
[157] "His habit fit for speed succinct" (Milton).
[158] Inner chamber, 1 Kings xx. 30.
[159] Perhaps, if Elisha had gone in person, suspicion might have been aroused. He was not more than fifty at this time, and lived forty-three years more.
[160] Seder Olam, c. 18.
[161] It seems as though they were inside the town to defend it, not a beleaguring host outside.