2 Kings 13:20 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 13:20

The bands of the Moabites invaded the land - The Moabites had been increasing in strength ever since their revolt from Ahaziah 2 Kings 1:1. The defeat which they suffered at the hands of Jehoram and Jehoshaphat 2 Kings 3:24 did not affect their subjugation. They spread themselves into the country north of the Arnon Isaiah 16:2, and thence proceeded to make plundering expeditious year by year into Samaria, in Spring. This was the natural season for incursions, as then in Palestine the crops... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 13:20

2 Kings 13:20. Elisha died, and they buried him In or near Samaria. The spirit of Elijah rested on Elisha, and yet he is not conveyed to heaven in a fiery chariot as Elijah was, but goes the common way of all flesh out of the world, and is visited with the visitation of all men. If God honour some above others, who yet are not inferior to them in gifts or graces, who shall find fault? May he not do what he will with his own? The bands of the Moabites invaded the land The mentioning... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 13:1-25

13:1-17:41 HISTORY TO THE FALL OF ISRAELAfter the anti-Baal revolution (13:1-14:22)Jehu’s son Jehoahaz followed the sins of earlier Israelite kings, and so did his people. The Syrian attacks foreseen by Elisha were so severe that, had God not mercifully intervened, the whole population would have been left homeless and the entire army destroyed (13:1-9).The next king, Jehoash, learnt from Elisha that he would win three battles against Syria. He would have won more, had he not lacked faith in... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 13:20

died. He was called in the days of Ahab (1 Kings 19:19 ), and ministered fifty years. coming in of the year: i.e. the spring. Compare 2 Samuel 11:1 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Kings 13:20

A POSTHUMOUS MIRACLE - A RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD"And Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. And it came to pass, as they were burying a man,, that, behold, they spied a band; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet."This is undoubtedly one of the greatest wonders of the O.T., but it is not an inappropriate thing that is... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 13:20

20, 21. Elisha died—He had enjoyed a happier life than Elijah, as he possessed a milder character, and bore a less hard commission. His rough garment was honored even at the court. coming in of the year—that is, the spring, the usual season of beginning campaigns in ancient times. Predatory bands from Moab generally made incursions at that time on the lands of Israel. The bearers of a corpse, alarmed by the appearance of one of these bands, hastily deposited, as they passed that way, their load... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 13:10-25

5. Jehoash’s evil reign in Israel 13:10-25Again two kings with the same name ruled over the Northern and Southern Kingdoms at the same time, though they ruled contemporaneously for only about two years (798-796 B.C.). Jehoash of Israel’s dates are 798-782 B.C., and Jehoash of Judah’s are 835-796 B.C. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 13:14-21

Elisha’s prophesy and death 13:14-21Jehoash of Israel had respect and affection for Elisha. He anticipated the loss that the death of God’s spiritual warrior would be to Israel (2 Kings 13:14). He recognized that Israel’s real defense lay in Yahweh’s angelic army and in Elisha’s spiritual warfare for her (2 Kings 13:14; cf. 2 Kings 2:12)."The prophet is the man whose prayer is better than chariots and horsemen. Trust in the words of the prophet means that horses and chariots can be abandoned."... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 13:1-25

Reigns of Jehoahaz and Joash of Israel. The last Prediction of Elisha3. All their days] RV ’continually,’ i.e. throughout the reign of Jehoahaz. 5 A saviour] either Jehoash (2 Kings 13:25) or Jeroboam II (2 Kings 14:25-27) is meant. In their tents] i.e. in their homes, the phrase being a survival from earlier times when the Israelites were a body of nomads roaming the desert. 6. The grove] RV ’the Asherah’: see on 1 Kings 14:15. If Jehu had altogether abolished the worship of Baal (2 Kings... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 13:14-21

(14-21) The visit of Joash to the dying Elisha.This section is obviously derived from another documentary source than the preceding. What a fresh and life-like picture it presents in contrast with the colourless abstract which it follows! read more