...presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, f I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. 15 But now g bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that h the hand of the LORD came upon him Z K£. 14:3 — 5. Mitt. 8:39. John 14. 2 Cor. 5:16, «:15. a...

...man."" More emphatically, when Jehoshaphat called for Elisha to inquire of the Lord ; says Elisha, " BZ7u1O I 4 /+Ҥ G dȻh x C p N C M - ;$ F th.it the hand of the Lord came upon him;"x that by the ravishing strains of music, his mind might...

...whom his father and mother had trusted. For Jehoshaphat he professed greater respect. He called for a minstrel, " and it came to pass, when the minstrel...played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him." In this rapt state, he ordered trenches to be opened in the valley, and declared that, without storm...

..." For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand," (eh. viii. 11.) We read also, 2 Kings iii. 15, "It came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon" Elisha, who, in consequence, immediately delivered a prophecy. The hand being the seat of power, or...

...moral mood to appeal to heaven, and what does he do? "But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to 2)ass when the minstrel played that the hand of the Lord came upon him." Probably his mind had been somewhat ruffled by the presence of these kings, especially at the sight...

...regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of 15 Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. er. 12 And he said, * 0 LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, c send me good 13 speed this day 16 LORD came upon him. And he said, Thus saith the LORD, * Make this valley 17 full of ditches.7 For...

...play to him before he gave his oracle (2 Kings iii. 15): "And it came to pass," the record goes on, "when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him." Seer is another, but earlier, name for Prophet, expressive of that part of his function which meets...

...water, and pours it on the hands and fingers till he hears the word potham, enough.—ROBERTS. Ver. 15. But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass,...minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. _ The music of great men in civil life, has been sometimes directed to persons of a sacred character,...

...music. For when Elisha was to prophesy to the Kings of Israel and Judah against the Moabites, he said, " But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass,...played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him." That the curative effect of laying on the hands was known to them is shown by the passage in II. Kings,...

...Elisha to declare the will of the Most High, he commanded that a minstrel should be brought to him—" And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him" (2nd Kings iii. 15). Another remarkable and affecting instance of the power of Music is afforded in...