John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 9. And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel , etc.] That is, Elisha sent to him: saying, beware that thou pass not such a place : not go to it, but avoid it, and pass another way: for thither the Syrians are come down : are hidden, as the Targum; lie covered at the bottom of the hill, so as not to be seen.
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 וישׁלח7971 אישׁ376 האלהים430 אל413 מלך4428 ישׂראל3478 לאמר559 השׁמר8104 מעבר5674 המקום4725 הזה2088 כי3588 שׁם8033 ארם758 נחתים׃5181
