Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Kings 13:20
They buried him, in or near Samaria. At the coming in of the year; in the spring, when the fruits of the earth grew ripe.
They buried him, in or near Samaria. At the coming in of the year; in the spring, when the fruits of the earth grew ripe.
Verse 2 Kings 13:20. _AND ELISHA DIED_] The two prophets, _Elijah_ and _Elisha_, were both most extraordinary men. Of the former, it is difficult to say whether he was a _man_, or an _angel_ in a _hu...
THE BANDS OF THE MOABITES INVADED THE LAND - The Moabites had been increasing in strength ever since their revolt from Ahaziah 2 Kings 1:1. The defeat which they suffered at the hands of Jehoram and J...
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
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...
DIED. He was called in the days of Ahab (1 Kings 19:19), and ministered fifty years. COMING IN OF THE YEAR: i.e. the spring. Compare 2 Samuel 11:1....
_And_[R.V. NOW] _the bands of the Moabites invaded the land_ If Elisha died in Samaria, and was buried in that neighbourhood, we must suppose Moab to have made great inroads upon Israel if the bands o...
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...
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...
_AND ELISHA DIED, AND THEY BURIED HIM. AND THE BANDS OF THE MOABITES INVADED THE LAND AT THE COMING IN OF THE YEAR._ Elisha died. Enjoying a happier life than Elijah, as he possessed a milder charact...
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...
THE BANDS OF THE MOABITES] If Elisha was buried either at Samaria or at his home of Abel-meholah, the Moabites must have crossed the Jordan....
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...
(14-21) The visit of Joash to the dying Elisha. This section is obviously derived from another documentary source than the preceding. What a fresh and life-like picture it presents in contrast with th...
AND THE BANDS OF THE MOABITES INVADED. — Rather, _And troops of Moabites used to invade._ They took advantage of the weakened condition of Israel to revenge the devastation of their country described...
וַ יָּ֥מָת אֱלִישָׁ֖ע וַֽ יִּקְבְּרֻ֑הוּ וּ ג
2 Kings 13:10 THE DYNASTY OF JEHU Jehoahaz 814-797 2 Kings 13:1 JOASH 797-781 2 Kings 13:10;...
“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...
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...
Buried him, near Samaria. (Menochius) --- He had been chosen by Elias sixty-eight years before, and had lived eleven with him. His perfect character is given, Ecclesiasticus xlviii. 13. His double spi...
Here is no account of the prophet's funeral, or of Israel's lamentation over him. Reader! doth not the death of the servants of our Lord always remind thee, and call forth holy joy in the heart, that...
But not merely this. "Elisha died and they buried him" (2 Kings 13:20). Was not Elisha gone then? Not so. There was to be even a more glorious witness in his death than in his life. In his life, no do...
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...
AND ELISHA DIED, AND THEY BURIED HIM,.... In Samaria. Epiphanius says n, in Sebastopolis of Samaria, Samaria itself was called Sebaste in later times; though the Jews say o he was buried in Mount Carm...
And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. Ver. 20. _And Elisha died._] _Accisis corporeis viribus gloriosam exhalavit animam._...
_Elisha died, and they buried him_ In or near Samaria. The spirit of Elijah rested on Elisha, and yet he is not conveyed to heaven in a fiery chariot as Elijah was, but goes the common way of all fles...
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...
And Elisha died, having reached a good old age, probably eighty years; AND THEY BURIED HIM. AND THE BANDS OF THE MOABITES INVADED THE LAND AT THE COMING IN OF THE YEAR, small bands which made incursio...
JEHOASH KING OF ISRAEL...
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...
20-25 God has many ways to chastise a provoking people. Trouble comes sometimes from that point whence we least feared it. The mention of this invasion on the death of Elisha, shows that the removal...
2 Kings 13:20 Elisha H477 died H4191 (H8799) buried H6912 (H8799) bands H1416 Moab H4124 invaded H935 ...
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...
JOASH SMITES ARAM THREE TIMES AS A RESULT OF YHWH GIVING ISRAEL NEW STRENGTH, RAISING THEM AS IT WERE, FROM THE DEAD (2 KINGS 13:20). The parlous state of Israel at this time is demonstrated by the fa...
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...
2 Kings 13:20 We Protestants do not attach much virtue to relics in the ordinary sense of the term, but there is a sense in which we may reasonably do so. Relics are remains; and while we believe that...
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...
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:...
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...
_And Elisha died, and they buried him._ THE RESURRECTION OF A MAN IN THE TOMB OF ELISHA; LIFE DERIVED FROM THE HOLY DEAD Death is no respecter of persons; the most illustrious, as well as the most o...
_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...
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....
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 13:20 GRAVE OF ELISHA. Tombs in ancient Israel were often dug out of soft rock or located in caves (e.g., Genesis 23:1). They were not diff
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 13:20. MOABITES INVADED THE LAND AT THE COMING IN OF THE YEAR—בָּא שָׁנָה—_lit., a year came;_ but it may be interpreted as the Spring season, in ancient time...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 13:1 REIGNS OF JEHOAHAZ, SON OF JEHU, AND JOASH, SON OF JEHOAHAZ, OVER ISRAEL. NOTICES OF
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...
2 Chronicles 24:16; 2 Kings 24:2; 2 Kings 3:24; 2 Kings 3:5; 2 Kin
Moabites invaded — The mentioning this immediately on the death of Elisha intimates, that the removal of God's faithful prophets, is a presage of judgments approaching....