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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: 2 Kings 2

Chapter 2

And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

take up

Genesis 5:24 1 Kings 19:4 Luke 9:51 Acts 1:9 Hebrews 11:5 Revelation 11:12

by a whirlwind

1 Kings 18:12 19:11 Job 38:1

Elisha

1 Kings 19:16-21

Gilgal

Joshua 4:19 5:9

And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel.

Tarry here

Ruth 1:15,16 2 Samuel 15:19,20 John 6:67,68

As the Lord

4,6 4:30 1 Samuel 1:26 17:55 25:26 Jeremiah 4:2

I will not

Ruth 1:16-18 2 Samuel 15:21 1 John 2:19

Beth-el

Genesis 28:19 1 Kings 12:29,33 13:1,2

And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.

And the sons

5,7,15 4:1,38 9:1 1 Samuel 10:10-12 19:20 1 Kings 18:4 20:35 Isaiah 8:18

thy master

Deuteronomy 33:3 Acts 22:3

And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

Jericho

Joshua 6:26 1 Kings 16:34 Luke 19:1

As the Lord

2 4:30 Acts 2:42 11:23

And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.

the sons

i.e., as the Targumist renders, talmeedey neveeya, "disciples of the prophets." thy master. See on ver.

3 Joshua 1:1,2 Luke 24:51 John 17:5-7 Acts 1:2,11 26:25

Yea, I know it

Genesis 48:19 Ecclesiastes 3:7 Isaiah 41:1 Habakkuk 2:20

And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

fifty men

17 1 Kings 18:4,13

to view afar off

Heb. in sight, or over against.

And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.

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.

1 Kings 19:13,19

were

14 Exodus 14:21,22 Joshua 3:14-17 Psalms 114:5-7 Isaiah 11:15 Hebrews 11:29 Revelation 16:12

And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.

Ask what

13:14-19 Numbers 27:16-23 Deuteronomy 34:9 1 Chronicles 29:18,19 Psalms 72:1,20 Luke 24:45-51 John 17:9-13 Acts 1:8 8:17 20:25-36

Elisha said

Numbers 11:17,25 1 Kings 3:9 2 Chronicles 1:9,10 John 14:12-14 16:7 1 Corinthians 12:31

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.

Numbers 27:20 Deuteronomy 21:17 Zechariah 9:12 12:8 1 Timothy 5:17

And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.

Thou hast

Mark 11:22-24 John 16:24

asked a hard thing

Heb. done hard in asking. if thou see.

12 Acts 1:9,10

And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

6:17 Psalms 68:17 104:3,4 Ezekiel 1:4-28 10:9-22 Habakkuk 3:8 Zechariah 3:8 Zechariah 6:1-8 Hebrews 1:14

by a whirlwind

into heaven

Mark 16:19

And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

saw it

My father

13:14 Job 22:30 Proverbs 11:11 Ecclesiastes 7:19 9:16-18 Isaiah 37:4,15,21 Acts 27:24

he saw him

Proverbs 30:4 Mark 16:19 Luke 2:15 24:51 John 3:13 Acts 1:9 2 Corinthians 5:2,4 Ephesians 4:8 Revelation 11:12

rent them

Job 1:20,21 Isaiah 57:1,2 Acts 8:2

He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;

the mantle

8 1 Kings 19:19

bank

Heb. lip.

1 Kings 9:26

And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.

smote

8-10 Joshua 1:1-9 Mark 16:20 John 14:12 Acts 2:33 3:12,13

Where is

Judges 6:13 1 Kings 18:36-39 Psalms 42:2,10 115:2 Joel 2:17

And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

to view

The spirit

Numbers 11:25-29 27:20 Joshua 3:7 Isaiah 11:2 59:21 John 15:26,27 Acts 1:8 2 Corinthians 12:9 1 Peter 4:14

bowed

19 4:1-4,37 6:1-7 Joshua 4:14

And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

strong men

Heb. sons of strength. the Spirit.

1 Kings 18:12 Ezekiel 3:14 8:3 11:24 40:2 Acts 8:39 2 Corinthians 12:2,3

some mountain

Heb. one of the mountains.

And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

they urged

2 Samuel 18:22,23 Luke 11:8 Romans 10:2

found him not

Hebrews 11:5

And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.

my Lord seeth

Numbers 12:11 1 Kings 18:7,13 1 Timothy 5:17

the water

Exodus 7:19 15:23 Joshua 6:17,26 1 Kings 16:34

barren

Heb. causing to miscarry.

Exodus 23:26 Deuteronomy 28:2-4,11,15-18 Hosea 9:14

And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

salt therein

Judges 9:45 Ezekiel 47:11 Zephaniah 2:9

And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.

cast

4:41 6:6 Exodus 15:25,26 Leviticus 2:13 Matthew 5:11 Mark 9:50 John 9:6

I have healed

Ezekiel 47:8-11 1 Corinthians 1:18-28 Revelation 22:2,3

there shall

Psalms 107:33-38 Revelation 21:4

And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

Beth-el

1 Kings 12:28-32 Hosea 4:15 10:5,15 Amos 3:14 4:4 5:5 7:13

little children

The words n΂rim ketannim not only signify little children but young men; for katon signifies not only little, but young, in opposition to old; and n‰‚r signifies not only a child, but a young man grown to years of maturity: thus Isaac is called n‰‚r 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.

Job 19:18 30:1,8-31 Proverbs 20:11 22:6,15 Ecclesiastes 11:10 Isaiah 1:4 3:5 Jeremiah 7:18

mocked

Genesis 21:9 2 Chronicles 36:16 Job 30:1,8,9 Psalms 35:15 Isaiah 57:3,4 Galatians 4:29 Hebrews 11:36

Go up

11 Matthew 27:29-31,40-43

And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

cursed them

1:10-12 Genesis 9:25 Deuteronomy 28:15-26 Judges 9:20,57 Jeremiah 28:16 29:21-23 Lamentations 3:65 Amos 7:17 Mark 11:14,21 Acts 5:5,9 8:20 13:9-11 2 Corinthians 10:6

she bears

2 Samuel 17:8 Proverbs 17:12 28:15 Hosea 13:8

children of them

Exodus 20:5 1 Kings 13:24 19:17 20:36

And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.

mount Carmel

4:25 1 Kings 18:19,42