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Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 13:20-21

2 Kings 13:20-21 We Protestants do not attach much virtue to relics in the ordinary sense of the term, but there is a sense in which we may reasonably do so. Relics are remains; and while we believe that no virtue resides in the material remains of a good man, we do not therefore exempt from efficacy his mental or spiritual remains. If he has left behind him in writing the effusions of a devout mind, we believe that these writings, by which "he, being dead, yet speaketh," often exercise an... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 13:1-25

Chapter 13Now we're going to move north again to the reign of Jehoahaz over Israel in chapter thirteen. So up in Israel, Jehu has died and his son Jehoahaz begins to reign over Israel there in Samaria, and he reigned for seventeen years.And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD ( 2 Kings 13:2 ),Now, I told you before that Israel did not have one decent king. Of every king of Israel, it is declared, "He did evil in the sight of the Lord." Not one of them followed after the Lord.... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 13:1-25

2 Kings 13:4 . Jehoahaz besought the Lord, as oppressed Israel had done in the time of the Judges. 2 Kings 13:5 . The Lord gave Israel a Saviour. Not Joash, as some say, but Messiah, the Angel of his presence saved them, as the rabbins state. Why have they not told us more? The Messiah probably appeared as to Joshua, Gideon, and Manoah. 2 Kings 13:6 . There remained the grove in Samaria, where Astarte, one of the four names of Venus, had been worshipped, and probably was so... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Kings 13:14-21

2 Kings 13:14-21Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died.The death of ElishaI. A great man dying.II. A wicked man regretting the event.III. A good man leaving the world interested in posterity. Elisha, though dying, was excited to some interest in the future of his country (2 Kings 13:15-19).IV. A dead man exerting a wonderful influence. (David Thomas, D. D.) read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Kings 13:20-21

2 Kings 13:20-21And Elisha died, and they buried him.The resurrection of a man in the tomb of Elisha; life derived from the holy deadDeath is no respecter of persons; the most illustrious, as well as the most obscure, must bow before his cold sceptre, and depart from the scene of life. This miraculous incident was designed and calculated to make a wholesome moral impression on the mind of the age. It had a tendency to(1) Demonstrate to all, the divinity of the prophet’s mission.(2) To show the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 13:20

2Ki 13:20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. Ver. 20. And Elisha died. ] Accisis corporeis viribus gloriosam exhalavit animam. Elisha was one of those few that lived and died with honour. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land. ] Here that of Hosea, Hosea 13:1 , was fulfilled: "When Ephraim spake, there was trembling, and he exalted himself in Israel: but when he offended in Baal, he died." Before, none... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Kings 13:20

am 3167, bc 837 buried him: 2 Chronicles 24:16, Acts 8:2 the bands: 2 Kings 5:2, 2 Kings 6:23, 2 Kings 24:2 the Moabites: 2 Kings 3:5, 2 Kings 3:24-Daniel :, Judges 3:12, Judges 6:3-Joshua : Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 20:1 - after the year was expired Acts 19:12 - General read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Kings 13:20

And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.Moabites invaded — The mentioning this immediately on the death of Elisha intimates, that the removal of God's faithful prophets, is a presage of judgments approaching. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 13:20

20. Buried him Josephus says he was honoured with a magnificent funeral, in every respect worthy of a personage so saintly and beloved. Bands of the Moabites Marauding parties seeking for plunder. The Moabites had partially recovered from the severe losses they suffered at the beginning of Elisha’s career. Chap. 3. At the coming in of the year When the early crops were ripening appropriate season for a nomadic invasion. Apparently the next year after Elisha’s death. This invasion of... read more