The spring of the waters - The spring intended is probably that now called Ain-es-Sultan, which is not much more than a mile from the site of the ancient town. It is described as a large and beautiful fountain of sweet and pleasant water. The springs issuing from the eastern base of the highlands of Judah and Benjamin are to this day generally brackish.
Verse 2 Kings 2:21. _AND CAST THE SALT IN THERE_] He cast in the salt at the place where the waters sprang out of the earth. _Jarchi_ well observes here, "Salt is a thing which corrupts water; theref...
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...
CAST THE SALT. Elisha's second miracle....
_Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters_ The prophet by his words carries the thought away from the sign to the thing signified, the power of God exerted at the prayer of the prophet. We cann...
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...
AND HE—CAST THE SALT IN THERE, AND SAID, &C.— The manner in which Elisha sweetened this fountain, and made the soil fruitful by casting salt into the water, was in order to make the miracle more consp...
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 HE WENT FORTH UNTO THE SPRING OF THE WATERS, AND CAST THE SALT IN THERE, AND SAID, THUS SAITH THE LORD, I HAVE HEALED THESE WATERS; THERE SHALL NOT BE FROM THENCE ANY MORE DEATH OR BARREN LAND._...
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...
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...
THE SPRING OF THE WATERS. — Now called _Aines Sultân_ (“the Sultan’s Fountain”), a fine spring of sweet water, which irrigates the neighbouring plain. THUS SAITH THE LORD. — Not the prophet’s own pow...
(19-25) Elisha, as prophet, heals the waters of Jericho, and curses the scorners of Beth-el....
וַ יֵּצֵא֙ אֶל ־מֹוצָ֣א הַ מַּ֔יִם וַ
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...
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast (m) the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren [lan...
_Barrenness. By the divine power they are become salubrious. (Haydock)_...
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...
_AT THE SPRING OF THE WATERS_ ‘He went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there.’ 2 Kings 2:21 ‘The spirit of Elijah,’ they said, ‘doth rest on Elisha.’ It was true, yet who i...
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 HE WENT FORTH UNTO THE SPRING OF THE WATERS,.... The fountain from whence they flowed, the head of them: AND CAST THE SALT IN THERE; which was an unlikely means of making bad water good, since th...
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren [land]....
_He went forth unto the spring, and cast the salt in there_ If the salt had been a proper remedy for the brackishness of these waters and the barrenness of the land, what could so small a quantity hav...
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,...
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, where the brook welled up from the ground, AND CAST THE SALT IN THERE, as a prophetical, symbolical action to indicate what the Lord was about to do, A...
Elisha's Miraculous Powers...
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...
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...
CAST THE SALT IN THERE; which was in itself idle and ineffectual, considering both the quality of salt, and the small quantity of it, and the place where it was put, the fountain, which quickly works...
2 Kings 2:21 out H3318 (H8799) source H4161 water H4325 cast H7993 (H8686) salt H4417 said H559 ...
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 2:21 "The spirit of Elijah," they said, "doth rest on Elisha." It was true, yet who is not struck with the difference, with the contrariety, between them? At first sight the succession is a de...
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 Corinthians 1:18; 2 Kings 4:41; 2 Kings 6:6; Exodus 15:25; Exo
Death — Hurt, or danger, to man or beast, by drinking of it....