2 Kings 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 Kings 14:7
defeated <05221> [A.M. 3177. B.C.827. slew.]
Salt Valley <04417 01516> [the valley of salt.]
Some suppose that the Valley of Salt was south of the Dead, or Salt Sea, towards the land of Edom; and others suppose it to be the Valley of Salt, about three or four miles south-east of Palmyra, which now supplies, in a great measure, the surrounding country with salt.
Sela <05554> [Selah. or, the rock.]
{Selah} is generally supposed to be the same as {Petra,} which in Greek signifies a rock, the celebrated capital of Arabia Petr‘a. Strabo places it three or four days' journey from Jericho, and five days' journey from the forest of palm trees on the Red Sea. Pliny places it 600 miles from Gaza, and 125 from the Persian Gulf; but Cellarius and Reland very justly consider that the numbers have been changed, and that we ought to read 125 miles from Gaza, and 600 from the Persian Gulf. Eusebius places Beerothbenejaakan 30 miles west from Petra, and Elath ten miles east; and Burckhardt discovered the ruins of this ancient city in a valley called Wady Mousa.
Joktheel <03371> [Joktheel.]
2 Kings 17:28
Bethel <01008> [in Bethel.]
taught ..... worship <03384 03372> [taught them.]
2 Kings 2:3
members <01121> [And the sons.]
master <0113> [thy master.]
2 Kings 2:23
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.]
2 Kings 10:29
sins <02399> [A.M. 3120-3148. B.C. 884-856. the sins.]
Israel <03478> [made Israel.]
golden calves <05695 02091> [the golden calves.]
Bethel <01008> [in Beth-el.]
2 Kings 23:19
shrines <01004> [the houses.]
cities <05892> [the cities.]
kings <04428> [the kings.]
angered <03707> [to provoke the Lord.]
2 Kings 23:15
altar <04196> [the altar.]
crushed <01854> [stamped.]
2 Kings 23:17
grave <06913> [It is the sepulchre.]
2 Kings 23:4
priest ... high-ranking priests <04932 03548> [priests of the second order.]
These were either such as occasionally supplied the high priest's office, or those of the second course or order established by David. See the References.
<08104> [the keepers.]
bring out <03318> [to bring.]
Baal <01168> [Baal.]
Kidron <06939> [Kidron.]
[Cedron. Beth-el.]
