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Verse 2 Kings 2:14. _WHERE_ IS _THE LORD GOD OF ELIJAH?_] The Vulgate
gives a strange turn to this verse:
_Et percussit aquas_, et non sunt divisae; _et dixu, Ubi est Deus
Eliae etiam nunc? Percussit...
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WHERE ... - Some prefer, “Where is the Lord God of Elijah, even he?
And when he had smitten, etc.” Or, according to others, “now when
he, etc.” Elisha’s smiting of the waters seems to have been
tentat...
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II. THE PROPHET ELISHA
1. The Beginning of His Ministry
CHAPTER 2:12-25
_ 1. The mantle used (2 Kings 2:12)_
2. The sons of the prophets (2 Kings 2:15)
3. The healing of Jericho's waters (2 Kings...
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2 KINGS 1:1 TO 2 KINGS 2:25. LAST DAYS AND ASCENSION OF ELIJAH: ELISHA
ESTABLISHED AS HIS SUCCESSOR. Here we have perhaps a third Elijah
narrative, in which the prophet is represented as playing a par...
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THE LORD GOD. Jehovah Elohim; or. Where is Jehovah the God of Elijah?
After this the Hebrew text has. _aph hu =_ " even he". The Vulgate
reads this as the end of the question. But the Massorites, by t...
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_and smote the waters_ He acts upon the faith that he would receive
from God the power which he had desired. He is in a degree to
represent Elijah and therefore he acts as Elijah had done. After these...
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DISCOURSE: 358
ELIJAH’S GOD
2 Kings 2:14. _Where is the Lord God of Elijah?_
WHEN bereft of those whom we love, and with whose continuance in the
world our welfare was intimately connected, we are re...
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C. THE COMMISSIONING OF ELISHA 2:13-15
TRANSLATION
(13) And he took up the mantle of Elijah which had fallen from upon
him, and returned, and stood on the bank of the Jordan. (14) And he
took the ma...
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_AND HE TOOK THE MANTLE OF ELIJAH THAT FELL FROM HIM, AND SMOTE THE
WATERS, AND SAID, WHERE IS THE LORD GOD OF ELIJAH? AND WHEN HE ALSO
HAD SMITTEN THE WATERS, THEY PARTED HITHER AND THITHER: AND ELIS...
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2:14 also (a-27) Or 'Even he.' or 'Yea, he (Jehovah).'...
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ELIJAH'S TRANSLATION TO HEAVEN
The great service rendered to Israel by the prophet whose life is here
closed was the stand which he made for the religion of Jehovah when
its supremacy was threatened b...
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THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH
BOOK OF 2 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 2
GOD TAKES ELIJAH TO HEAVEN
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God had promised Elijah that Elisha would continue his work (1 Kings
19:16). In this...
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WHERE IS THE LORD GOD OF ELIJAH? — Has He left the earth with His
prophet? If not, let Him now show His power, and verify the granting
of my request (2 Kings 2:9). The words are a sort of irony of fai...
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וַ יִּקַּח֩ אֶת ־אַדֶּ֨רֶת
אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ אֲשֶׁר ־נָפְלָ֤ה מֵֽ
עָלָיו֙ וַ יַּכֶּ֣ה אֶת ־הַ מַּ֔יִם...
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ELISHA
2 Kings 2:1
"He did wonders in his life, and at death even his works were
marvelous. For all this the people repented not."
- Sir 48:14-15
AT this point we enter into the cycle of supernatu...
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ELIJAH'S SPIRIT ON ELISHA
2 Kings 2:13
We, too, may have a double portion of Elijah's spirit, but everything
depends on the purity of our hearts. Only the pure in heart can see,
and if we can see in...
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There is something pathetic and even weird in these final movement's
of Elijah, as we see him accompanied by Elisha, and watched by the
prophets. It would seem as though he tried to escape into loneli...
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Not divided. God thus prevented him from giving way to vanity,
(Abulensis, q. 28.) or thinking that he could do any thing himself.
(Haydock) --- Elias. Hebrew, "where is he?" (Calmet) --- The original...
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Hereby the Lord gave a decisive testimony that Elisha was by him
appointed the successor of his servant Elijah, Oh! that all who
minister in holy things were careful to be convinced, that they
carried...
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It has been already remarked that the mission, or, at any rate, the
proper ministry of Elijah closed with his own complaint against the
children of Israel. God took him at his word. He pleaded against...
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_ELISHA’S SUCCESSION_
‘And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the
waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? And when he also
had smitten the waters, they parted hithe...
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And now we reach the end of the troubles and afflictions of this
precious and faithful servant of God. And, if we do not find in his
case the calmness of the ascension of Jesus, who, while blessing Hi...
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AND HE TOOK THE MANTLE OF ELIJAH THAT FELL FROM HIM, AND SMOTE THE
WATERS,.... He wrapped it together, as Elijah had done, and smote the
waters in like manner, to make trial whether he had the same sp...
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And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the
waters, and said, Where [is] the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also
had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Eli...
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_And said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah?_ Who at Elijah's request
divided these waters, and is able to do it again. But according to
this translation, two words are left out, namely, א Š הוא,
_aph-...
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1 Elijah, taking his leaue of Elisha, with his mantle diuideth Iordan,
9 and granting Elisha his request, is taken vp by a fierie charet into
heauen.
12 Elisha, diuiding Iordan with Elijahs mantle,...
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ELIJAH TAKEN UP TO HEAVEN...
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Though in 1 Kings 19:21 we read of Elisha following Elijah and
becoming his servant, yet Elisha is not mentioned as identified with
Elijah when Elijah later gave messages to Ahab (1 Kings 21:17) and t...
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13-18 Elijah left his mantle to Elisha; as a token of the descent of
the Spirit upon him; it was more than if he had left him thousands of
gold and silver. Elisha took it up, not as a sacred relic to...
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WHERE IS THE LORD GOD OF ELIJAH? who at Elijah's request divided these
waters, and is as able to do it again; and hath given me his spirit
and office; and therefore I humbly beg, and confidently expec...
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2 Kings 2:14 took H3947 (H8799) mantle H155 Elijah H452 fallen H5307
(H8804) struck H5221 (H8686) water H4325 said H559 (H8799) LORD H3068
God H430 Elijah H452 struck H5221 (H8686) water H4325 divided...
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THE ELISHA MIRACLES (2KI 2 KINGS 2:1; 2 KINGS 4:1 TO 2 KINGS 6:23),
HIS PROPHETIC INVOLVEMENT IN THE VICTORY OVER MOAB (2 KINGS 3:1), AND
FURTHER SUBSEQUENT EVENTS WHERE YHWH'S POWER THROUGH ELISHA IS...
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2 Kings 2:1
The account of Elijah's translation suggests:
I. That the life of man is absolutely at the disposal of the Lord. (1)
God knows when our work is done. (2) We are taken from a lower to a
h...
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CONTENTS: Translation of Elijah. Faith of Elisha. Theological students
and their unbelief. Elisha's miracle.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Elisha, Elijah.
CONCLUSION: Those who know they are soon go...
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2 Kings 2:1. _When the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven._ The LXX
read, ως εις τον ουρανον, _as into heaven._ They mean
to say, that he did not ascend higher than paradise, as in John 3:13.
2 Ki...
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_And it came to pass when the Lord would take up Elijah._
ELIJAH TRANSLATED
I. In the glorious end of Elijah’s earthly life we see not simply
the reward of one faithful man, but the Divine grace mani...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 2:1 Elisha and Israel. Elijah’s ministry
has been coming to a close since 1 Kings 19:15, where Elijah was told
to anoint Elisha as his successor. The war with Baal worship will...
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THE TRANSLATION OF ELIJAH TO HEAVEN
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 2:1. ELIJAH WENT WITH ELISHA FROM GILGAL—Not the Gilgal in
Judah, but the Gilgal (now Jilgil) in Ephraim, near Ebal and G...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 2:1
THE REMOVAL OF ELIJAH FROM EARTH, AND SOME EARLY MIRACLES OF ELISHA.
The great prophet of Israel was to have a departure from earth as
marvelous as his life had been. Ewald's w...
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And so it came to pass, when the LORD would take Elijah into heaven by
a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal (2 Kings 2:1).
So the time is come when Elijah is going to depart the earth...
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1 Kings 18:36; 2 Kings 2:8; Acts 2:33; Acts 3:12; Acts 3:13; Joel
2:17; John 14:12; Joshua 1:1; Judges 6:13; Mark 16:20;...
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ELISHA, THE PROPHET OF MIRACLES
2 Kings 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Elijah had lived a good life, and had rendered a faithful ministry.
The time had come, however, for him to go to be with his Lord. As...
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The Lord — Who at Elijah's request divided these waters, and is as
able to do it again....