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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 2:19-22

The waters healed. A beautiful city was Jericho. It stood in the midst of a small but luxuriant plain. Fig trees and palm trees, and wheat, aromatic flowers and plants, grew there in great profusion. A few miles distant rolled the river Jordan, "the most interesting river on earth," and in the background lay the rugged hills of Quarantana. Jericho, too, had a famous history. It was the first city to which the Israelitish spies came when they set out to view the land of promise. It was the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 2:19-22

The healing of the spring. This first miracle is a fitting introduction to—in some respects a symbol of—the whole ministry of Elisha. In contrast with his predecessor, Elisha was a gentle, beneficent power in Israel. His miracles, like those of Christ, were, with two exceptions only (in this like Christ also), miracles of mercy, not of judgment. He is the "still small voice" coming after the whirlwind, the earthquake, and the fire ( 1 Kings 19:11 , 1 Kings 19:12 ). He is as Melancthon to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 2:19-25

The historian passes to the record of some of Elisha's minor miracles, belonging to the time whereof he is writing, and helping to explain the position of dignity and respect which he is found to occupy in the next chapter ( 2 Kings 2:11-14 ). The miracles showed his twofold power, both to confer benefits and to punish. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 2:20

And he said, Bring me a new cruse . Impurity must be cleansed by means that are wholly clean and pure. The prophet called for an absolutely new cruse, one that had been put to no use at all, and therefore could not have been defiled. And put salt therein . Salt, which physically would be most unapt to heal an unwholesome stream already holding too much salt in solution, is selected doubtless as emblematic of purity, being that by which corruption is ordinarily prevented or stayed. Under... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 2:21

And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there. The "spring" intended is supposed to be that now called Ain-es-Sultan , "the spring of the Sultan," which is the only copious source near the site of the ancient Jericho. The modern town lies at a distance of two miles from it. Ain-es-Sultan is described as "a large and beautiful fountain of sweet and pleasant water", and as "scattering, even at the hottest season, the richest and most grateful vegetation over... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 2:19

The water is naught - i. e. “bad.”And the ground barren - Translate “and the land apt to miscarry.” The stream was thought to be the cause of untimely births, abortions, and the like, among the cattle, perhaps also among the people, that drank of it. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 2:20

The “new cruse” and the “salt” are evidently chosen from a regard to symbolizm. The foul stream represents sin, and to cleanse it emblems of purity must he taken. Hence, the clean “new” dish previously unused, and thus untainted; and the salt, a common Scriptural symbol of incorruption (see Leviticus 2:13; Ezekiel 43:24; Matthew 5:13, etc.). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 2:21

The spring of the waters - The spring intended is probably that now called Ain-es-Sultan, which is not much more than a mile from the site of the ancient town. It is described as a large and beautiful fountain of sweet and pleasant water. The springs issuing from the eastern base of the highlands of Judah and Benjamin are to this day generally brackish. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 2:19

2 Kings 2:19. The water is naught, and the ground barren Either it was so originally, at least as to that part of the city where the college of the prophets was; or it became so from the curse of God inflicted upon it, either when Joshua first took the city, or when Hiel rebuilt it: however, upon the prophet’s care it became exceeding fruitful, and therefore is commended for its fertility by later writers. Thus the ministers of the gospel should endeavour to make every place they come to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 2:20

2 Kings 2:20. And he said, Bring me a new cruise He says new, partly that there might be no ground of suspicion that the cure was wrought by the natural virtue of any thing which was or had been in the cruise before, but only by God’s power; and partly that there might be no legal pollution in it which might offend God, and hinder his miraculous operation by it. And put salt therein A most improper remedy; for salt naturally makes waters brackish, and lands barren, Hereby therefore he... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 2:19-22

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 2:19-22

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 2:19-25

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 2:20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 2:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 2:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 2:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 2:21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 2:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 2:20

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