2 Kings 2:1-10

2:1

up <05927> [take up.]

windstorm <05591> [by a whirlwind.]

Elisha <0477> [Elisha.]

Gilgal <01537> [Gilgal.]

2:2

Stay ..... Lord .............. Lord <03427 03068> [Tarry here.]

Lord .............. Lord <03068> [As the Lord.]

leave <05800> [I will not.]

Bethel ......................... Bethel <01008> [Beth-el.]

2:3

members <01121> [And the sons.]

master <0113> [thy master.]

2:4

Jericho ........................ Jericho <03405> [Jericho.]

Lord .............. Lord <03068> [As the Lord.]

2:5

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.]

2:7

fifty <0376 02572> [fifty men.]

opposite ..... distance <05048 07350> [to view afar off. Heb. in sight, or over against.]

2:8

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.]

2:9

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.

2:10

request <07592> [Thou hast.]

difficult request <07185 07592> [asked a hard thing. Heb. done hard in asking. if thou see.]