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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

(14) He died.—Rather, he was to die.Came down to him—i.e., to his house. Comp, the Note on 2 Kings 5:24; 2 Kings 6:33.Wept over his face.—As he lay on the bed.O my father, my father.—Comp, the Note on 2 Kings 2:12. Joash laments the approaching loss of his best counsellor and helper. The prophet, by his teaching and his prayers, as well as by his sage counsel and wonder-working powers, had been more to Israel than chariots and horsemen. 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

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 13:15

(15) Take bow and arrows.—From one of the royal attendants. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 13:16

(16) Put thine hand upon the bow.—Rather, as margin. In drawing a bow, the left hand “rides” upon it, or closes round it, while the right grasps arrow and string.Elisha put his hands upon the king’s hands.—So as to invest the act of shooting with a prophetic character; and, further perhaps, to signify the consecration of the king to the task that the shooting symbolised. It is not implied that Elisha’s hands were on the king’s hands when he shot. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 13:17

(17) And he said—i.e., Elisha said.The arrow of the Lord’s . . . Syria.—Literally, An arrow of victory for Jehovah, and an arrow of victory over Aram!In Aphek.—Joshua 13:4; 1 Kings 20:26. The scene of former defeats was to become that of triumph.Till thou have consumed them.—Literally, unto finishing. The annihilation of the opposing army at Aphek, not of the entire forces of Syria, is predicted. (See 2 Kings 13:19.) read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 13:18

(18) And he said.—LXX., “and Elisha said unto him,” which, as Thenius remarks, is more appropriate here, in introducing the account of the second symbolic action.The arrows—i.e., the bundle of arrows.Smite upon the ground.—Rather, smite (or, strike) earthwards; as if striking an enemy to the earth.He smote thrice.—Three being a sacred number. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 13:19

(19) The man of God was wroth with him.—Because his present want of zeal augured a like deficiency in prosecuting the war hereafter. The natural irritability of the sick man may also have had something to do with it. Thenius well remarks on the manifestly historical character of the entire scene. It may be added that, to appreciate it fully, we must remember that βελομαυτεία, or soothsaying by means of arrows, was a practice of unknown antiquity in the Semitic world. Shooting an arrow, and... read more

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

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

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

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

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

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 13:15

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 13:16

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 13:17

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 13:18

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 13:19

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