_JEHOAHAZ REIGNS IN ISRAEL, AND AFTER HIM JOASH, TO WHOM ELISHA PROPHESIES THAT HE SHALL THRICE SMITE THE SYRIANS. ELISHA DIES; AND A DEAD MAN, BEING CAST INTO HIS SEPULCHRE, REVIVES._ _Before Christ 838._... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD GAVE ISRAEL A SAVIOUR— The LXX and Arabic render this a _deliverance;_ which, as no particular person is specified, seems a preferable version: see 2 Kings 13:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE MAN OF GOD WAS WROTH— Whether Joash before this interview with Elisha was acquainted or not with the nature of those parabolic actions, whereby the prophets were accustomed to represent future events, he could not but perceive, by the comment which Elisha made upon the first arrow that he sh... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT CAME TO PASS, &C.— The life of Elisha was one continued train of miracles. The writer of Ecclesiasticus speaks thus concerning him: _The spirit of Elijah rested upon Elisha; whilst he lived, he was not moved with the presence of any prince, neither could any bring him into subjection: nothing... [ Continue Reading ]