2 Kings 2:20
What meaning of the 2 kings 2:20 in the Bible?
What does 2 Kings 2:20 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him."
What does 2 Kings 2:20 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him."
The “new cruse” and the “salt” are evidently chosen from a regard to symbolizm. The foul stream represents sin, and to cleanse it emblems of purity must he taken. Hence, the clean “new” dish previousl...
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 Kings...
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...
CRUSE. Occurs only here....
_Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein_ The purity and freshness of the vessel were to typify the purification wrought upon the spring. Salt too is significant of preservation and purity. We are...
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 t...
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 SAID, BRING ME A NEW CRUSE, AND PUT SALT THEREIN. AND THEY BROUGHT IT TO HIM._ Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. The noxious qualities of the water could not be corrected by the inf...
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...
(19-25) Elisha, as prophet, heals the waters of Jericho, and curses the scorners of Beth-el....
וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר קְחוּ ־לִי֙ צְלֹחִ֣ית חֲדָשָׁ֔ה וְ שִׂ֥ימוּ שָׁ֖ם מֶ֑לַח וַ יִּקְח֖וּ אֵלָֽיו׃...
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 supernatu...
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 in...
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...
_Put salt. He removes ever suspicion of imposture: if the waters were already saline, the remedy would seem contrary to his design, but it would display the miracle in a stronger light; and if they we...
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...
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 SAID, BRING ME A NEW CRUSE, AND PUT SALT THEREIN,.... One that had never been used, that it might not be thought that the virtue was owing to anything that had been, or was, put into it: AND T...
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought [it] to him. Ver. 20. _And he said, Bring me, &c._] Jericho is now become a receptacle of prophets; it is reason that any pla...
_And he said, Bring me a new cruise_ He says _new_, partly that there might be no ground of suspicion that the cure was wrought by the natural virtue of any thing which was or had been in the cruise b...
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,...
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...
A NEW CRUSE; partly that there might be no ground of suspicion that the cure was wrought by any natural virtue of any thing which was or had been in the cruse before, but only by God's power; and part...
2 Kings 2:20 said H559 (H8799) Bring H3947 (H8798) new H2319 bowl H6746 put H7760 (H8798) salt H4417 brought H3947 (H8799) salt therein - Judges 9:45; Ezekiel 47:11; Zephaniah 2:9...
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 Elis...
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 Ki...
_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. The war with Baal worship will...
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 2...
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 marvelous as his life had been. Ewald's w...
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...
Ezekiel 47:11; Judges 9:45; Zephaniah 2:9...
A new cruse — That there might be no legal pollution in it which might offend God, and hinder his miraculous operation. Put salt — A most improper remedy; for salt naturally makes waters brackish, and...