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Verse 2 Kings 2:16. _FIFTY STRONG MEN_] Probably the _same fifty_ who
are mentioned 2 Kings 2:7, and who saw Elijah taken up in the
whirlwind.
_CAST HIM UPON SOME MOUNTAIN_] Though they saw him _tak...
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Compare the marginal references. The words “cast him upon some
mountain,” rather imply that they expected to find the prophet
alive....
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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 Kin
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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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_there be with thy servants fifty strong men_ Doubtless some from
among the company of the prophets are meant. In chapter 2 Kings 4:1-4
they are described as men equal to the labour of telling trees,...
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THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD HATH TAKEN HIM UP— From some expressions in
Scripture it seems as if the Spirit of the Lord frequently used to
carry the prophets through the air, and with great swiftness remov...
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II. ELISHA AND THE SONS OF THE PROPHETS 2:16-25
With the departure of Elijah, Elisha became the _father_ of the
prophetic schools. The first official acts of the new leader of the
sons of the prophets...
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_AND THEY SAID UNTO HIM, BEHOLD NOW, THERE BE WITH THY SERVANTS FIFTY
STRONG MEN; LET THEM GO, WE PRAY THEE, AND SEEK THY MASTER: LEST
PERADVENTURE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD HATH TAKEN HIM UP, AND CAST H...
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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 SPIRIT OF THE LORD] some strong impulse of divine origin: cp. 1
Kings 18:12....
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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...
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AND THEY SAID UNTO HIM. — After he had told them of the Assumption
of Elijah (_Thenius_).
FIFTY STRONG MEN. — See margin. Perhaps these were attendants on the
members of the prophetic guild. (Comp. E...
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וַ יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֡יו הִנֵּה ־נָ֣א
יֵֽשׁ ־אֶת
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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 supernatur...
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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 int...
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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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And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty
strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest
peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast hi...
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_Valley. It seems such translations were not uncommon, 3 Kings xviii.
12. (Calmet)_...
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There is somewhat mysterious in those verses. That the sons of the
prophets should be so destitute of faith, and Elisha suffer himself to
be led away to the permission of what is here said appears so...
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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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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 THEY SAID UNTO HIM, BEHOLD, NOW, THERE BE WITH THY SERVANTS FIFTY
STRONG MEN,.... Perhaps meaning themselves, 2 Kings 2:7 who were
young, stout, and strong, and able to travel for days together:...
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And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty
strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest
peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast hi...
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_Behold, there be with thy servants fifty strong men_ Able to take
such a journey. _Let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master_ They
had received but an imperfect revelation of God's design, with...
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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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Elisha's Miraculous Powers...
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And they said unto him, Behold, now, there be with thy servants fifty
strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master, lest
peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up and cast hi...
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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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STRONG MEN:
_ Heb._ sons of strength
SOME MOUNTAIN:
_ Heb._ one of the mountains...
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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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STRONG MEN; able to take such a journey. They thought, either,
1. That God had not finally taken him away from them, but only for a
time; compare 1 KINGS 18:12; which they heartily desired, and
theref...
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2 Kings 2:16 said H559 (H8799) are H3426 fifty H2572 strong H2428 men
H1121 H582 servants H5650 go...
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A. ELIJAH IS TAKEN AWAY BY YHWH INTO HEAVEN AND HIS SPIRIT COMES ON
ELISHA WHO RE-ENTERS CANAAN (2 KINGS 2:1).
In this remarkable account we have the first definite indication in
Scripture that a man...
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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...
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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 Kin...
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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.
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 2:16 PLEASE LET THEM GO AND SEEK YOUR
MASTER. The sons of the prophets do not fully understand what has
happened. They wonder whether the SPIRIT OF THE LORD has simply...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 2:16. LEST PERADVENTURE, &c.—They had seen Elijah pass
miraculously over Jordan, but did not witness his ascension. Even if
he had been taken up to heaven, th...
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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 marv
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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 18:12; 2 Corinthians 12:2; 2 Corinthians 12:3; Acts 8:39;...