And he turned back, and looked on them, and (n) cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
(n) Perceiving their malicious heart against the Lord and his word, he asks God to avenge the injury done to him.
On this occasion only do we find Elisha a minister of vengeance. Perhaps it was necessary to show, at the outset of his career as a prophet, that he too, so mild and peaceful could, like Elijah, wield...
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...
BEARS. See 1 Samuel 17:34. CHILDREN. progeny. Not the same word as 2 Kings 2:23....
_And he turned back, and looked on them_ R.V. AND HE LOOKED BEHIND HIM AND SAW THEM. The young lads had come forth from the city, and Elisha had, as it seems, passed by them, before they began their m...
DISCOURSE: 360 ELISHA MOCKED BY THE CHILDREN 2 Kings 2:23. And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him,...
THERE CAME FORTH LITTLE CHILDREN, &C.— _Young lads._ In order to rescue the character of the prophet from the objections of infidels on account of the catastrophe of these _children,_ we may observe,...
D. THE CURSING OF THE BETHEL YOUTHS 2:23-25 TRANSLATION (23) And he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up in the way, young men went out from the city, and mocked him, and said to him,...
_AND HE TURNED BACK, AND LOOKED ON THEM, AND CURSED THEM IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. AND THERE CAME FORTH TWO SHE BEARS OUT OF THE WOOD, AND TARE FORTY AND TWO CHILDREN OF THEM._ He ... cursed them in t...
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...
CURSED THEM] see on 1 Kings 16:34; Elisha seems to have shared the fiery disposition of his master Elijah (2 Kings 1:10), and the spirit he manifested on this occasion stands in impressive contrast wi...
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...
(19-25) Elisha, as prophet, heals the waters of Jericho, and curses the scorners of Beth-el....
HE TURNED BACK. — The boys were following him with their jeers. Thenius says, “The wanton young people, who had not courage to attack except in the rear, had stolen round him.” CURSED THEM. — “To ave...
וַ יִּ֤פֶן אַֽחֲרָיו֙ וַ יִּרְאֵ֔ם וַֽ יְקַלְ
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...
Cursed them. This curse, which was followed by so visible a judgment of God, was not the effect of passion, or of a desire of revenging himself; but of zeal for religion, which was insulted by these b...
In this destruction of the wicked children there is more evidently implied than is here related. If we look into the book of the Chronicles, and compare what is there said with what, from this book of...
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...
_THE GENTLE PROPHET’S CURSE_ ‘And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty-and-two children of t...
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 TURNED BACK, AND LOOKED ON THEM,.... With a stern countenance, thereby reproving them, and in order to intimidate them, and make them ashamed, and cause them to leave off, but to no purpose; th...
And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. Ver. 24. _And cursed them...
_He looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord_ “The word _curse_ has in Scripture three different acceptations. It signifies, to _inflict_ a curse; and in this sense God is said to have...
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 be turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord; for it was as Jehovah's prophet that the mockery had been heaped upon him. AND THERE CAME FORTH TWO SHE-BEARS OUT OF TH...
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...
CURSED THEM; nor was this punishment too great for the offence, if it be considered that these children were grown up to some maturity; (SEE POOLE ON "2 KINGS 2:23";) that their mocking proceeded from...
2 Kings 2:24 turned H6437 (H8799) around H310 looked H7200 (H8799) curse H7043 (H8762) name H8034 LORD...
C. THE YOUNG MEN OF BETHEL GATHER TO MOCK THE PROPHET OF YHWH AND ARE RAVAGED BY BEARS (2 KINGS 2:23). As Elisha went up from Jericho to Bethel, continuing his symbolic journey, young men ‘came forth'...
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 2:24 I. This story teaches that the faults of our youth, and those which are most natural to us at that age, are not considered by God as trifling, but are punished by Him after the same meas...
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 he went up from thence unto Beth-el._ ELISHA AND THE NAUGHTY CHILDREN ;-- I. The event as regards the transgressors. They were the children of a small town among the hills, in one of the extre...
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 2:23 The city of BETHEL played a key role in Israel’s rebellion against God (see 1 Kings 12:25). It is no surprise, therefore, to find you
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 2:23. LITTLE CHILDREN—see note on נַעַר in 1 Kings 3:7; same word as in 1 Kings 12:8; 1 Kings 12:10
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 Kings 13:24; 1 Kings 19:17; 1 Kings 20:36; 2 Corinthians 10:6;...
Cursed them — Nor was this punishment too great for the offence, if it be considered, that their mocking proceeded from a great malignity of mind against God; that they mocked not only a man, and an a...
How could a man of God curse these 42 young men so that they were mauled by she-bears? PROBLEM: As Elisha was going up to Bethel, he was confronted by some young people who mocked him saying, “Go up,...