And the man of God was (k) wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed [it]: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria [but] thrice.
(k) Because he seemed content to have victory against the enemies of God two or three times but did not have the zeal to overcome them continually, and to destroy them completely.
The unfaithfulness of man limits the goodness of God. Though Joash did the prophet’s bidding, it was without any zeal or fervour; and probably without any earnest belief in the efficacy of what he was...
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...
MAN OF GOD. See App-49. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ with Art. App-4....
_the man of God was wroth_ We must think of sorrow as well as anger. We can see through all Elisha's life, that the welfare of his country was very dear to him. Hence his desire that the king should a...
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...
AND THE MAN OF GOD WAS WROTH— Whether Joash before this interview with Elisha was acquainted or not with the nature of those parabolic actions, whereby the prophets were accustomed to represent future...
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...
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...
_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....
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 MAN OF GOD WAS WROTH] because the king displayed too little confidence in the God whose minister the prophet was....
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...
THE MAN OF GOD WAS WROTH WITH HIM. — Because his present want of zeal augured a like deficiency in prosecuting the war hereafter. The natural irritability of the sick man may also have had something t...
(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...
וַ יִּקְצֹ֨ף עָלָ֜יו אִ֣ישׁ הָ אֱלֹהִ֗ים וַ
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...
Angry. Septuagint, "grieved." (Haydock) --- Or seven is omitted in Hebrew and Septuagint. This text proves that God knows what would take place conditionally. (Tirinus) --- If, &c. By this it appears,...
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...
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...
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 THE MAN OF GOD WAS WROTH WITH HIM,.... Because he ceased smiting, and smote no oftener; for it was revealed to the prophet, by an impulse upon his mind, that by the number of times he smote on the...
And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed [it]: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria [but] th...
_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...
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 the man of God was wroth with him and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it, till the might of the Syrians had definitely b...
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...
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...
QUEST. Wherein was Jehoash's fault, or why was the prophet angry with him? ANSW. The prophet himself did not yet know how many victories Jehoash should obtain against the Syrians, but God had signifie...
2 Kings 13:19 man H376 God H430 angry H7107 (H8799) said H559 (H8799) struck H5221 (H8687) five...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
_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 13:14 JOASH (Jehoash of Israel) weeps because he thinks he is on the verge of defeat, lacking CHARIOTS and HORSEMEN (v....
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...
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 Kings 1:9; 2 Kings 13:25; 2 Kings 4:16; 2 Kings 4:40; 2 Kings 6:9;...