THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. HEAVEN. heavens, and elsewhere. ELISHA. my God [is] salvation. See his call (1 Kings 19:16) ten years before. FROM GILGAL. The reverse route taken by Israel on entering the Land.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY SOUL. thyself. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. down. Therefore Gilgal in 2 Kings 2:1 cannot be the well-known Gilgal near Jericho, but another between Tibneh and Shiloh. See 2 Kings 4:38. Gilgal. circle; and there may have been several such.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM THY HEAD. from over thee: "head, "put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), App-6, for himself".... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
DOUBLE PORTION. See note on 2 Kings 2:15. SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause) for the gifts and operations of the Spirit of God.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEVERTHELESS. The verse needs no italics. SEE. clearly see.... [ Continue Reading ]
A WHIRLWIND. Not. fiery chariot, according to. certain hymn. Compare 2 Kings 2:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) in 2 Kings 2:12. MY FATHER. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ App-6. The repetition. my revered, or beloved father.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD GOD. Jehovah Elohim; or. Where is Jehovah the God of Elijah? After this the Hebrew text has. _aph hu =_ " even he". The Vulgate reads this as the end of the question. But the Massorites, by the accent (_athnach),_ throw it on to the next sentence, "and when even he smote the waters", &c. T... [ Continue Reading ]
DOTH REST. hath rested. Compare 1 Peter 4:14. Rest in "double portion" according to 2 Kings 2:9. Seen in the fact that Elijah wrought eight miracles and Elisha sixteen, and all were parables in action. ELIJAH'S EIGHT MIRACLES (1 AND. KINGS). 1. Shutting heaven (1 Kings 17:1). 2. Oil multiplied (1... [ Continue Reading ]
CRUSE. Occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAST THE SALT. Elisha's second miracle.... [ Continue Reading ]
BETH-EL. One of the seats of Israel's calf-worship (1 Kings 12:26). LITTLE CHILDREN. young men. Hebrew. _na'ar._ Used of Isaac (twenty-eight years old); Joseph (thirty-nine); Rehoboam (forty). GO UP, &C. An open insult, avenged by Elisha _'_. God in. way suited for that dispensation, though not fo... [ Continue Reading ]
BEARS. See 1 Samuel 17:34. CHILDREN. progeny. Not the same word as 2 Kings 2:23.... [ Continue Reading ]