2 Kings 2
1 Elijah, taking his leave of Elisha, with his mantle divides Jordan;
9 and, granting Elisha his request, is taken up by a fiery chariot into heaven.
12 Elisha, dividing Jordan with Elijah's mantle, is acknowledged his successor.
16 The young prophets, hardly obtaining leave to seek Elijah, cannot find him.
19 Elisha with salt heals the unwholesome waters.
23 Bears destroy the children that mocked Elisha.
up <05927> [take up.]
windstorm <05591> [by a whirlwind.]
Elisha <0477> [Elisha.]
Gilgal <01537> [Gilgal.]
Stay ..... Lord .............. Lord <03427 03068> [Tarry here.]
Lord .............. Lord <03068> [As the Lord.]
leave <05800> [I will not.]
Bethel ......................... Bethel <01008> [Beth-el.]
members <01121> [And the sons.]
master <0113> [thy master.]
Jericho ........................ Jericho <03405> [Jericho.]
Lord .............. Lord <03068> [As the Lord.]
members <01121> [the sons. i.e., as the Targumist renders, {talmeedey neveeya,} "disciples of the prophets." thy master. See on ver.]
know .................. know ... quiet <03045 02814> [Yea, I know it.]
fifty <0376 02572> [fifty men.]
opposite ..... distance <05048 07350> [to view afar off. Heb. in sight, or over against.]
cloak <0155> [his mantle.]
[Ten meloten autou,] his sheep skin, says the Septuagint; the skins of sheep being formerly worn by prophets as the simple insignia of their office: see Note on ch. 1:8.
divided <02673> [were.]
do ........................ energizes <07592 06213> [Ask what.]
said ... Elisha ............... Elisha answered <0559 0477> [Elisha said.]
double <06310 08147> [a double portion.]
This probably refers to the law respecting the first-born, who had a double portion of the property of his father. As Elisha may have considered himself as the first-born of Elijah, so he requested a double portion of his spiritual influence.
request <07592> [Thou hast.]
difficult request <07185 07592> [asked a hard thing. Heb. done hard in asking. if thou see.]
windstorm <05591> [by a whirlwind.]
heaven <08064> [into heaven.]
watching .... crying out ................. see <07200 06817> [saw it.]
father ... father <01> [My father.]
watching ..................... see .... grabbed <07200 02388> [he saw him.]
tore .... two <07167 08147> [rent them.]
cloak <0155> [the mantle.]
shore <08193> [bank. Heb. lip.]
hit .................. hit <05221> [smote.]
Lord <03068> [Where is.]
Jericho <03405> [to view.]
spirit <07307> [The spirit.]
bowed <07812> [bowed.]
capable <02428 01121> [strong men. Heb. sons of strength. the Spirit.]
[some mountain. Heb. one of the mountains.]
insistent <06484> [they urged.]
find <04672> [found him not.]
master ... see <07200 0113> [my Lord seeth.]
water <04325> [the water.]
crops <07921> [barren. Heb. causing to miscarry.]
Get ......... salt .... So ... got <04417 03947> [salt therein.]
threw <07993> [cast.]
purified <07495> [I have healed.]
death <04194> [there shall.]
Bethel <01008> [Beth-el.]
young boys <06996 05288> [little children.]
The words {n‰ƒrim ketannim} not only signify little children but young men; for {katon} signifies not only little, but young, in opposition to old; and {n„ƒr} signifies not only a child, but a young man grown to years of maturity: thus Isaac is called {n„ƒr} when twenty-eight years old, Joseph when thirty-nine, and Rehoboam when forty. These idolatrous young men, having heard of the ascension of Elijah, without believing it, blasphemously bade Elisha to follow him. The venerable prophet, from a Divine impulse, pronounced a curse "in the name of the Lord," which was immediately followed by the most terrible judgment; thus evincing the Source from which it flowed.
made fun <07046> [mocked.]
went up ......... traveling up .................. Go on up ... Go on up <05927> [Go up.]
called ... judgment <07043 08034> [cursed them.]
bears <01677> [she bears.]
boys <03206> [children of them.]
Mount Carmel <03760 02022> [mount Carmel.]
