2 Kings 2:8-10

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.]