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Verse 2 Kings 13:15. _TAKE BOW AND ARROWS._] The _bow_, the _arrows_,
and the _smiting on the ground_, were all emblematical things,
indicative of the _deliverance of Israel_ from Syria....
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5. JEHOAHAZ AND JEHOASH OF ISRAEL, ELISHA'S DEATH
CHAPTER 13
_ 1. The reign of Jehoahaz and his death (2 Kings 13:1)_
2. Jehoash King of Israel (2 Kings 13:10)
3. Elisha and Joash (2 Kings 13:14
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THE REIGN OF JOASH OR JEHOASH OF ISRAEL. During this reign Elisha
died. He is represented, as in 2 Kings 6, as Israel's champion in the
great war with Syria, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen th...
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_Take bow and arrows_ It is as if the prophet by this significant
action directed and encouraged the king to enter on the war against
Syria....
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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
THE KINGDOMS AT HIGH TIDE
2 Kings 13:10 to 2 Kings 15:7
Help came to Israel in the midst of the Aramean oppression from an
unexpected quarter. In 802 B.C. the Assyrian king Adadni...
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B. THE FINAL PREDICTION OF ELISHA 13:14-25
The prophetic ministry of Elisha which had spanned over half a
century, came to a close in the early years of Jehoash of Israel. His
death-bed prophecy conce...
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_AND ELISHA SAID UNTO HIM, TAKE BOW AND ARROWS. AND HE TOOK UNTO HIM
BOW AND ARROWS._
Take bow and arrows. Hostilities were usually proclaimed by a herald,
sometimes by a king or general making a pub...
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REIGNS OF JEHOAHAZ AND JOASH OF ISRAEL. THE LAST PREDICTION OF ELISHA
3. All _their_ DAYS] RV 'continually,' i.e. throughout the reign of
Jehoahaz.
5 A SAVIOUR] either Jehoash (2 Kings 13:25) or Jero...
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THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH
BOOK OF 2 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 13
JEHOAHAZ’S RULE AS KING OF *ISRAEL
V1 Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, became the king of *Israel. That
happened in the...
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TAKE BOW AND ARROWS. — From one of the royal attendants....
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(14-21) The visit of Joash to the dying Elisha.
This section is obviously derived from another documentary source than
the preceding. What a fresh and life-like picture it presents in
contrast with th...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר לֹו֙ אֱלִישָׁ֔ע קַ֖ח
קֶ֣שֶׁת וְ
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2 Kings 13:10
THE DYNASTY OF JEHU
Jehoahaz
814-797
2 Kings 13:1
JOASH
797-781
2 Kings 13:10;...
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“THE ARROW OF THE LORD'S DELIVERANCE”
2 Kings 13:10
A good man is a great defense to his country. Mary, Queen of Scots,
dreaded the prayers of Knox more than the armies of the king of
France. Perhap...
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Under Jehoahaz the story of corruption ran on in Israel. It was the
story of continuation of evil as moral, and its consequent
continuation as punishment. Readiness of God to forgive is revealed in
th...
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The prophet, though dying, had lost nothing of his prophetical spirit,
nor of his faithfulness in God's covenant promises. Like another
Elijah, he gives intimations, even in death, of what should foll...
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But in the eleventh chapter we have another scene of deep import and
interest. There is a wicked woman and when a woman is wicked there is
no wickedness like hers. "And when Athaliah, the mother of Ah...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 THROUGH 17.
Walking in the steps of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, the house of Jehu
was no protection to Israel against Hazael. But the compassion of
Jehovah...
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AND ELISHA SAID UNTO HIM, TAKE BOW AND ARROWS,.... The usual
instruments of war in those days: and he took unto him bow and arrows;
which though they might not be had in the house of the prophet, he
c...
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And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him
bow and arrows.
Ver. 15. _And Elisha said, Take bow and arrows._] _Chria quadam
tanquam signo externo victoriam praedicit:_ The pro...
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_Take bow and arrows_ This was to represent the wars he was to have
with the Syrians. _Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands _ To
signify to him, that in all his expeditions against the Syrians,...
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1 Iehoahaz his wicked reigne.
3 Iehoahaz oppressed by Hazael, is relieued by prayer.
8 Ioash succeedeth him.
10 His wicked reigne.
12 Ieroboam succeedeth him.
14 Elisha dying prophecieth to Ioash...
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JEHOASH KING OF ISRAEL...
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And Elisha, having a last message for the king, said unto him, TAKE
BOW AND ARROWS. AND HE TOOK UNTO HIM BOW AND ARROWS....
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JEHOAHAZ REIGNS IN ISRAEL
(vv.10-13)
Jehoash reigned in Judah 40 years (ch.12:1), and in his 23 rd year
Jehoahaz took the throne of Israel (v.1). He reigned 17 years, so it
would appear both these...
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10-19 Jehoash, the king, came to Elisha, to receive his dying counsel
and blessing. It may turn much to our spiritual advantage, to attend
the sick-beds and death-beds of good men, that we may be enc...
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2 Kings 13:15 Elisha H477 said H559 (H8799) Take H3947 (H8798) bow
H7198 arrows H2671 took H3947 ...
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THE DEATH BED OF ELISHA (2 KINGS 13:14 A).
As we have seen, in a similar way to chapter 2 this passage is
deliberately put outside the regnal formulae, with Jehoash's death
coming before it and the co...
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THE REIGNS OF JEROBOAM KING OF ISRAEL AND AZARIAH (UZZIAH) KING OF
JUDAH (2 KINGS 14:23 TO 2 KINGS 15:7).
The next fourteen verses very much bring out the method and aims of
the prophetic author of th...
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2 Kings 13:1. _In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of
Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over
Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. And he did that wh...
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CONTENTS: Reign of Jehoahaz over Israel and his death. Accession of
Jehoash and his death. Elisha's death and the miracle at his tomb.
CHARACTERS: God, Elisha, Jehoahaz, Jehoash, Hazael.
CONCLUSION:...
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2 Kings 13:4. _Jehoahaz besought the Lord,_ as oppressed Israel had
done in the time of the Judges.
2 Kings 13:5. _The Lord gave Israel a Saviour._ Not Joash, as some
say, but Messiah, the Angel of hi...
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_And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows._
THE KING’S ARROWS
Elisha was lying ill on his deathbed. His long career of usefulness
and blessing was drawing to a close. He was held in great honour...
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_Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died._
THE DEATH OF ELISHA
I. A great man dying.
II. A wicked man regretting the event.
III. A good man leaving the world interested in poste...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 13:1 Jehoahaz and Jehoash. The story goes
back to the northern kingdom, Israel, and focuses on the two northern
kings who ruled during Joash of Judah’s lifetime....
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 13:14 JOASH (Jehoash of Israel) weeps
because he thinks he is on the verge of defeat, lacking CHARIOTS and
HORSEMEN (v....
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 13:14. ELISHA WAS FALLEN SICK—The prophet’s presence was
felt by Joash to be a guarantee of the safety of his kingdom, and he
dreaded to lose him, fearing that...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 13:1
REIGNS OF JEHOAHAZ, SON OF JEHU, AND JOASH, SON OF JEHOAHAZ, OVER
ISRAEL. NOTICES OF
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Now we're going to move north again to the reign of Jehoahaz over
Israel in chapter thirteen. So up in Israel, Jehu has died and his son
Jehoahaz begins to reign over Israel there in Samaria, and he r...