Barren, owing to the salt or bituminous waters. Some think that they were muddy and of a loathsome smell. The fountain is still to be seen very abundant and excellent, watering the plain on the west of the city. Its source is about two miles distant on the road to Jerusalem. (Maundrell, p. 134.) (Calmet) --- Other parts of the environs were very fertile. (Menochius)
Verse 2 Kings 2:19. _THE WATER_ IS _NAUGHT, AND THE GROUND BARREN._] The barrenness of the ground was the effect of the badness of the water....
THE WATER IS NAUGHT - i. e. “bad.” AND THE GROUND BARREN - Translate “and the land apt to miscarry.” The stream was thought to be the cause of untimely births, abortions, and the like, among the catt...
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 Kin
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...
Elisha heals the noxious water at Jericho (Not in Chronicles) 19. _And the men of the city_ These are the ordinary inhabitants. From the sons of the prophets they would gather that Elisha was now gift...
DISCOURSE: 359 ELISHA HEALING THE SPRING WITH A CRUSE OF SALT 2 Kings 2:19. The men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the...
B. THE HEALING OF THE NOXIOUS WATER 2:19-22 TRANSLATION (19) And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray you, the dwelling of the city is good as my master sees; but the waters are vile...
_AND THE MEN OF THE CITY SAID UNTO ELISHA, BEHOLD, I PRAY THEE, THE SITUATION OF THIS CITY IS PLEASANT, AS MY LORD SEETH: BUT THE WATER IS NAUGHT, AND THE GROUND BARREN._ The situation of this city i...
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...
THIS CITY] Jericho (2 Kings 2:18). THE WATER] not of the Jordan but of an affluent of it, the modern Ain es Sultan....
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 2 GOD TAKES ELIJAH TO HEAVEN * God had promised Elijah that Elisha would continue his work (1 Kings 19:16). In this c...
(19-25) Elisha, as prophet, heals the waters of Jericho, and curses the scorners of Beth-el....
THE MEN OF THE CITY. — Not “the sons of the prophets,” but the citizens make this trial of the prophet’s miraculous powers. THE SITUATION OF THIS (Heb.,_ the_) CITY IS PLEASANT (Heb.,_ good_). — Jeri...
וַ יֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ אַנְשֵׁ֤י הָ עִיר֙ אֶל ־אֱלִיש
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 supernatur...
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 int...
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...
Here Elisha enters upon his ministry. And a lovely service it was to heal the barren and corrupt waters of Jericho. Like the waters of Marah the appointed remedy cast in by the Lord's command became e...
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...
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...
AND THE MEN OF THE CITY SAID UNTO ELISHA,.... The inhabitants of Jericho, perceiving him to be a prophet, and endowed with a power of working miracles: BEHOLD, I PRAY THEE, THE SITUATION OF THIS CITY...
And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city [is] pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water [is] naught, and the ground barren. Ver. 19. _Behold, I pray t...
_The water is naught, and the ground barren_ Either it was so originally, at least as to that part of the city where the college of the prophets was; or it became so from the curse of God inflicted up...
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,...
Elisha's Miraculous Powers...
And the men of the city, probably the magistrates or the influential citizens, SAID UNTO ELISHA, BEHOLD, I PRAY THEE, THE SITUATION OF THIS CITY IS PLEASANT, on a beautiful oasis, noted for its splend...
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...
BARREN: _ Heb._ causing to miscarry...
19-25 Observe the miracle of healing the waters. Prophets should make every place to which they come better for them, endeavouring to sweeten bitter spirits, and to make barren souls fruitful, by the...
Either it was so orignally, at least as to that part of the city where the college of the prophets was, for it is not necessary to understand this of the whole territory; or it became so from the curs...
2 Kings 2:19 men H582 city H5892 said H559 (H8799) Elisha H477 situation H4186 city H5892 pleasant H2896 lord...
B. THE ‘HEALING' OF JERICHO'S SPRING (2 KINGS 2:19). The new beginning for Israel resulting from Elisha' entry into the land over the Jordan results the men of Jericho asking him to ‘heal' a spring of...
SECTION 7. ELISHA ENTERS CANAAN TO TAKE POSSESSION OF IT FOR YHWH AND MOAB'S REBELLION AGAINST ISRAEL IS PUT DOWN WITH TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES (2 KINGS 2:1 TO 2 KINGS 3:27). In our view the entry of Elish...
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...
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...
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 Kin...
_And the men of the city said unto Elisha._ THE BITTER WATERS SWEETENED-ELISHA THE HEALER Jericho, a city of high antiquity, was one of the most important in the land of Palestine. Its walls were so...
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.
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 2:19 THE WATER IS BAD, AND THE LAND IS UNFRUITFUL. Jericho was ideal for settlement because of a permanent spring which watered the land around it. Now, however, the water supp...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 2:20. A NEW CRUSE—“A symbol of the renewing power of the Word of God” (_Keil_). 2 Kings 2:21. DEATH OR BARREN _LAND;_ death or _abortion_. HOMILETICS OF...
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 marv
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...
1 Kings 16:34; 1 Kings 18:13; 1 Kings 18:7; 1 Timothy 5:17;...
Barren — Either it was so originally, at least, as to that part of the city where the college of the prophets was: or, it became so from the curse of God inflicted upon it, when Hiel rebuilt it. Howev...