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Verse 2 Kings 13:17. _OPEN THE WINDOW EASTWARD_] This was towards the
country beyond Jordan, which Hazael had taken from the Israelites.
_THE ARROW OF - DELIVERANCE FROM SYRIA_] That is, As surely as...
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EASTWARD - Syria of Damascus lay partly east, but still more north, of
the holy land. The arrow was to be shot, eastward, not so much against
Syria itself as against the scene of the recent Syrian suc...
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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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THE ARROW OF THE LORD. DELIVERANCE. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of
Subject), App-6. The arrow put for the deliverance Jehovah would give....
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_And he said, Open the window_ That there might be a free space for
the arrow to be shot through. The command must be directed to some
attendant, as the king was holding the bow ready to shoot when he...
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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 HE SAID TO THE KING OF ISRAEL, PUT THINE HAND UPON THE BOW. AND
HE PUT HIS HAND UPON IT: AND ELISHA PUT HIS HANDS UPON THE KING'S
HANDS._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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 ARROW, etc.] The shooting of the arrow eastward was symbolic of a
victory in that direction, Syria lying NE. of Israel. APHEK] the Aphek
of 1 Kings 20:26....
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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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וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר פְּתַ֧ח הַ חַלֹּ֛ון
קֵ֖דְמָה וַ
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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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And he said, Open the window (i) eastward. And he opened [it]. Then
Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD'S
deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou...
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East, looking towards Galgaad, (Hadock) which the Syrians occupied.
(Menochius) --- These actions were all significative and prophetical.
The throwing of a dart was formerly the mode of declaring war....
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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 HE SAID, OPEN THE WINDOW EASTWARD,.... Syria lying east of the
land of Israel, as the Jewish commentators in general observe, and for
which they quote Isaiah 9:12, but it lay northeast, or rather...
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And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened [it]. Then Elisha
said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD'S
deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou sha...
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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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And he said, Open the window eastward, that being the direction in
which the enemies lived. AND HE OPENED IT. THEN ELISHA SAID, SHOOT.
AND HE SHOT. AND HE, Elisha, SAID, while the arrow was speeding
f...
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JEHOASH KING OF ISRAEL...
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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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EASTWARD; either towards Syria, which lay north-eastward from the land
of Israel; or towards the Israelites land beyond Jordan, which lay
eastward from Canaan, and which was now possessed by the Syria...
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2 Kings 13:17 said H559 (H8799) Open H6605 (H8798) east H6924 window
H2474 opened H6605 (H8799
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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 13:17
We have here a picture of the old generation in contact with the new.
We see the old testing the new and teaching the new.
I. If we were to measure the hopes of Joash's life from the at...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Kings 20:26; 1 Samuel 4:1; 2 Kings 5:10;...
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Eastward — Toward Syria, which lay north — eastward, from the land
of Israel: this arrow is shot against the Syrians, as a token what God
intended to do against them....