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Verse 2 Kings 13:18. _SMITE UPON THE GROUND_] As he was ordered to
take his _arrows_, the smiting on the ground must mean _shooting
arrows into_ _it_.
_HE SMOTE THRICE, AND STAYED._] The prophet kne...
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SMITE UPON THE GROUND - Some prefer to render - “Shoot to the
ground;” i. e. “Shoot arrows from the window into the ground
outside, as if thou wert shooting against an enemy.”...
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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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_Take the arrows_ By the previous symbolical act, the prophet has
directed the king to go eastward with courage against the enemy,
assured that the Lord will be with his arrows, and will regard them a...
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DISCOURSE: 374
ELISHA’S REPROOF TO JOASH
2 Kings 13:18. And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he
said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote
thrice, and stayed. And...
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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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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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_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 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 יֹּ֛אמֶר קַ֥ח הַ חִצִּ֖ים וַ
יִּקָּ֑ח
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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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_Still. This shewed a degree of remission. (Haydock) --- It was
natural for the king to conclude, that the more he struck the earth,
the greater would be his success; (Calmet) and the prophet had,
per...
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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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_HAND-TYING UNBELIEF_
‘He smote thrice, and stayed.’
2 Kings 13:18
Human perversity limits Divine favour. This incident teaches
concerning prayer:—
I. IMPORTUNITY IN SUPPLICATION IS ONE OF THE SUP...
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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, TAKE THE ARROWS, AND HE TOOK THEM,.... The rest of them:
AND HE SAID UNTO THE KING OF ISRAEL, smite upon the ground; the floor
of the room in which the prophet lay:
AND HE SMOTE THRICE,...
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And he said, Take the arrows. And he took [them]. And he said unto the
king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and
stayed.
Ver. 18. _And he took them._] He is very morigerous to t...
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_Smite upon the ground_ The former sign portended victory: and this
was to declare the number of the victories. _He smote thrice, and
stayed_ Through his inattention to, or unbelief of, the sign just...
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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, Elisha, SAID, TAKE THE ARROWS. AND HE TOOK THEM. AND HE SAID
UNTO THE KING OF ISRAEL, SMITE UPON THE GROUND, hitting or shooting to
the earth, to indicate that whosoever would be hit by the ar...
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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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SMITE UPON THE GROUND: the former sign portended victory, and this was
to declare the number of the victories....
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2 Kings 13:18 said H559 (H8799) Take H3947 (H8798) arrows H2671 took
H3947 (H8799) said H559 ...
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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 13:18
You have here a man in extreme debility, with his natural strength
ebbing away from him. The man of war, the man of action, in his flush
of hope, comes to him; and the dying prophet rall...
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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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2 Kings 4:6; Exodus 17:11; Ezekiel 12:1; Ezekiel 4:1; Ezekiel 5:1;...
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Smite — The former sign portended victory, this was to declare the
number of the victories....