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Text -- 2 Kings 2:15-25 (NET)
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2:15 When the members of the prophetic guild in Jericho , who were standing at a distance , saw him do this, they said , “The spirit that energized Elijah rests upon Elisha .” They went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.
2:16 They said to him, “Look , there are fifty capable men with your servants . Let them go and look for your master , for the wind sent from the Lord may have carried him away and dropped him on one of the hills or in one of the valleys .” But Elisha replied , “Don’t send them out .”
2:17 But they were so insistent , he became embarrassed . So he said , “Send them out .” They sent the fifty men out and they looked for three days , but could not find Elijah.
2:18 When they came back , Elisha was staying in Jericho . He said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go ’?”
Elisha Demonstrates His Authority
2:19 The men of the city said to Elisha , “Look , the city has a good location , as our master can see . But the water is bad and the land doesn’t produce crops .”
2:20 Elisha said , “Get me a new jar and put some salt in it.” So they got it.
2:21 He went out to the spring and threw the salt in . Then he said , “This is what the Lord says , ‘I have purified this water . It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops .”
2:22 The water has been pure to this very day , just as Elisha prophesied .
2:23 He went up from there to Bethel . As he was traveling up the road , some young boys came out of the city and made fun of him, saying , “Go on up , baldy ! Go on up , baldy !”
2:24 When he turned around and saw them, he called God’s judgment down on them. Two female bears came out of the woods and ripped forty-two of the boys to pieces.
2:25 From there he traveled to Mount Carmel and then back to Samaria .
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NET Notes: 2Ki 2:16 Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: 2Ki 2:17 Heb “him”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: 2Ki 2:18 Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: 2Ki 2:20 Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: 2Ki 2:21 Heb “there will no longer be from there death and miscarriage [or, ‘barrenness’].”
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NET Notes: 2Ki 2:23 The word נַעַר (na’ar), here translated “boy,” can refer to a broad age range, including infants as we...
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NET Notes: 2Ki 2:24 Heb “he cursed them in the name of the Lord.” A curse was a formal appeal to a higher authority (here the Lord) to vindicate one’s c...
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