열왕기하 2:1-9:37 KRV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 2:1

2 Kings 2:1. When the Lord would take up Elijah It is supposed, though not expressly revealed, that Elijah flourished about twenty years, before he was translated, body and soul, to heaven, only undergoing such a change as was necessary to qualify him for being an inhabitant in that world of spirits. By translating him, God gave, in that dark and degenerate age, as, in a similar age he had given by the translation of Enoch, a very sensible proof of another life, together with a type of the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 2:1-25

1:1-8:15 MINISTRY OF ELISHAElijah succeeded by Elisha (1:1-2:25)Ahab’s son Ahaziah had not reigned long when he was injured in a fall. When he sent messengers to ask foreign gods whether he would recover, Elijah met them along the way. He sent them back with a message that the king would die, because he had forsaken the true God for foreign gods (1:1-10). Ahaziah sent soldiers to arrest Elijah, apparently with the intention of killing him because of his bold words. The ungodly king lost a... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 2:1

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . heaven = heavens, and elsewhere. Elisha = my God [is] salvation. See his call (1 Kings 19:16 ) ten years before. from Gilgal. The reverse route taken by Israel on entering the Land. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Kings 2:1

THE TRANSLATION OF ELIJAH AND HIS SUCCESSION BY ELISHAThis chapter and through 2 Kings 10 compose what is often referred to as the Elisha Cycle. It does not occur in its proper chronological sequence, as most scholars affirm, based upon the fact that 2 Chronicles 21:12 mentions "a writing" of Elijah which came to Jehoram the king of Judah in the fifth year of his reign. It is significant that the Hebrew word for "letter" does not appear in that passage.[1] "Such a writing might very well have... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 2:1

1-7. when the Lord would take up Elijah—A revelation of this event had been made to the prophet; but, unknown to him, it had also been revealed to his disciples, and to Elisha in particular, who kept constantly beside him. Gilgal—This Gilgal (Jiljil) was near Ebal and Gerizim; a school of the prophets was established there. At Beth-el there was also a school of the prophets, which Elijah had founded, notwithstanding that place was the headquarters of the calf-worship; and at Jericho there was... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 2:1-14

The transfer of prophetic power 2:1-14The Gilgal in view may have been the one between Jericho and the Jordan, or it may have been one about seven miles north of Bethel since Elijah and Elisha went down to Bethel (2 Kings 2:2). [Note: Wiseman, p. 195.] This account presupposes previous revelation, not in Scripture, that this day was to be Elijah’s last on earth (2 Kings 2:3). By granting Elisha permission to remain behind (2 Kings 2:2, et al.), Elijah was testing Elisha’s commitment to himself... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 2:1-15

4. Jehoram’s evil reign in Israel 2:1-8:15Jehoram reigned 12 years in Israel (852-841 B.C.). His reign overlapped with Jehoshaphat and Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram’s coregency (853-848 B.C.) as well as Jehoram of Judah’s sole reign (848-841 B.C.). During these 12 years Elisha, whose name means "my God is salvation," was very active in Israel. In keeping with his theological purpose, the writer of Kings again emphasized incidents of spiritual significance that took place at this time (cf. 1 Kings... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 2:1-25

Elijah’s Translation to HeavenThe great service rendered to Israel by the prophet whose life is here closed was the stand which he made for the religion of Jehovah when its supremacy was threatened by the worship of the Zidonian Baal introduced by Jezebel. In view of such a crisis, the degradation of Jehovah’s worship by the association with it of the golden calves set up by Jeroboam could for a while be ignored, a superstitious form of the true faith being preferable to total apostasy; though... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 2:1

(1) And it came to pass . . . whirlwind.—The compiler has prefixed this heading to the following narrative by way of connection with the general thread of the history. It seems to be indicated that the event happened in the beginning of the reign of Jehoram; but see Note on 2 Chronicles 21:12.When the Lord would take up.—When Jehovah caused Elijah to go up, or ascend. This anticipates the conclusion of the story.Into heaven.—Heb., accusative of direction, as in 2 Kings 2:11. The LXX. renders,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Kings 2:1-25

Elijah's Farewell to Elisha 2 Kings 2:9 I. We see here the last act of a great life. It is not perhaps what we should have expected from a man like Elijah the Tishbite. But, in truth, the greatest and the strongest men are not unfrequently the simplest and the tenderest; and Elijah, whose life had been passed in vehement speech and in heroic action Elijah is thinking, just like any humble peasant, of what he can best do for his, as yet, undistinguished follower. 'Ask what I shall do for thee... read more