For when the man of God had said to the king, “Two seahs of barley shall be sold for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour for a shekel, about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria,”
Here we have, I. The king's jealousy of a stratagem in the Syrian's retreat, Kg2 7:12. He feared that they had withdrawn into an ambush, to draw out the besieged, that they might fall on them with more advantage. he knew he had no reason to expect that God should appear thus wonderfully for him, having forfeited his favour by his unbelief and impatience.
Commenting on 2 Kings 7:12-20
And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying,.... As in Kg2 7:1, and what he said to the king there, and to the lord, in Kg2 7:2, are repeated in this and the next verse, that it might be observed how exactly the prophecies were fulfilled.
2Ki 7:16-20 When the returning messengers reported this, the people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians, and this was followed by the consequent cheapness of provisions predicted by Elisha. As the people streamed out, the unbelieving aide-de-camp, whom the king had ordered to take the oversight at the gate (הפקיד, to deliver the oversight) for the purpose of preserving order in the...
Commenting on 2 Kings 7:16-20