2nd Kings Chapter 3 verse 15 Holy Bible
But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Jehovah came upon him.
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But now, get me a player of music, and it will come about that while the man is playing, the hand of the Lord will come on me and I will give you the word of the Lord: and they got a player of music, and while the man was playing, the hand of the Lord was on him.
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And now fetch me a minstrel. And it came to pass when the minstrel played, that the hand of Jehovah was upon him.
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But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
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But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
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But now bring me a minstrel. It happened, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Yahweh came on him.
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and now, bring to me a minstrel; and it hath been, at the playing of the minstrel, that the hand of Jehovah is on him,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - But now bring me a minstrel. A player on the harp seems to be intended. Music was cultivated in the schools of the prophets (1 Samuel 10:5; 1 Chronicles 25:1-3), and was employed to soothe and quiet the soul, to help it to forget things earthly and external, and bring it into that ecstatic condition in which it was most open to the reception of Divine influences. As David's harping refreshed Saul, and tranquillized his spirit (1 Samuel 16:23), so the playing of any skilled minstrel had a soothing effect on those possessing the prophetic gift generally, and enabled them to shut out the outer world, and concentrate their whole attention on the inward voice which communicated to them the Divine messages. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him. By "the hand of the Lord" is meant the power of the Spirit of God, the Divine effluence, whatever it was, which acquainted the prophets with the Divine will, and enabled them to utter it.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) Bring me a minstrel.--M?nagg?n--i.e., a harper, player on a stringed instrument (n?gin?h). Elisha called for music as a natural means of calming his perturbed spirit (2Kings 3:13-14). Composure and serenity of soul were essential, if the prophet was to hear the voice of God within. Cicero tells us that the Pythagoreans were wont to tranquillise their minds after the strain of thought with' harp music and singing (Tusc. Iv. 2). (Comp. 1Samuel 10:5; 1Chronicles 25:1, Note.) The incident is a striking mark of the historical truth of the narrative.And it came to pass.--Perfect with weak waw: a later idiom. (Comp. 1Samuel 17:48.)The hand of the Lord came upon him.--Targum and some MSS., "the Spirit of the Lord;" but comp. 1Kings 18:46. . . .
