John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 8. Then the king of Syria warred against Israel , etc.] Proclaimed war against him; on what account, or how long it was after Naaman his general came with a letter of recommendation from him to the king of Israel, and had his cure, is not said: and took counsel with his servants ; his privy counsellors, or the general officers of his army: saying, in such and such a place shall be my camp ; in some covered hidden place, as the Targum; where he would lie encamped waiting in ambush, to fall upon the king of Israel unawares, as he and his forces should pass that way; the place, no doubt, was named by the king of Syria, though not recorded by the historian; or, as the words may be rendered, the place of such and such a man ; for, as Ben Melech observes, “peloni almoni” are used of persons whose names are either unknown or concealed.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 8-12 - The king of Israel regarded the warnings Elisha gave him, of dange from the Syrians, but would not heed the warnings of danger from his sins. Such warnings are little heeded by most; they would sav themselves from death, but will not from hell. Nothing that is done said, or thought, by any person, in any place, at any time, is out of God's knowledge.
Original Hebrew ומלך4428 ארם758 היה1961 נלחם3898 בישׂראל3478 ויועץ3289 אל413 עבדיו5650 לאמר559 אל413 מקום4725 פלני6423 אלמני492 תחנתי׃8466
