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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....
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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THIS CITY] Jericho (2 Kings 2:18). THE WATER] not of the Jordan but of
an affluent of it, the modern Ain es Sultan....
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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
* God had promised Elijah that Elisha would continue his work (1
Kings 19:16). In this c...
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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...
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(19-25) Elisha, as prophet, heals the waters of Jericho, and curses
the scorners of Beth-el....
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וַ יֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ אַנְשֵׁ֤י הָ עִיר֙ אֶל
־אֱלִיש
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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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_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...
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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...
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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 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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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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...
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Elisha's Miraculous Powers...
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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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BARREN:
_ Heb._ causing to miscarry...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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_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...
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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 2:19 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...
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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...
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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 16:34; 1 Kings 18:13; 1 Kings 18:7; 1 Timothy 5:17;...
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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...