And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and put them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
All Commentaries on 2 Kings 5:24 Go To 2 Kings 5
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Evening. Septuagint, Syriac, seems to have read aupol, instead of the present Hebrew hopel, eminence "(Calmet) Protestants, "tower "(Haydock) at or near Samaria; when Giezi thought proper to take the burden himself to prevent detection. Eliseus would hardly dismiss the Syrians, when the night was so near at hand. (Calmet)
It might however be found more eligible to travel in the evening, (Haydock) as it was now the spring or summer season, (Tirinus) or at least warm, ver. 10. (Haydock)
