2 Kings 13:20 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 13:20-25

We must here attend, I. The sepulchre of Elisha: he died in a good old age, and they buried him; and what follows shows, 1. What power there was in his life to keep off judgments; for, as soon as he was dead, the bands of the Moabites invaded the land?not great armies to face them in the field, but roving skulking bands, that murdered and plundered by surprise. God has many ways to chastise a provoking people. The king was apprehensive of danger only from the Syrians, but, behold, the Moabites... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 13:20

And Elisha died, and they buried him ,.... In Samaria. Epiphanius says F14 De Vitis Prophet. c. 6. , in Sebastopolis of Samaria, Samaria itself was called Sebaste in later times; though the Jews say F15 Cippi Heb. p. 46. he was buried in Mount Carmel, in the cave of Elijah; according to the Jewish chronology F16 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 19. , he died in the tenth year of Joash, and he prophesied more than sixty years; sixty six, as Abarbinel, since he began to prophesy in the... read more

Adam Clarke

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

And Elisha died - The two prophets, Elijah and Elisha, were both most extraordinary men. Of the former, it is difficult to say whether he was a man, or an angel in a human body. The arguments for this latter opinion are strong, the objections against it very feeble. His being fed by an angel is no proof that he was not an angel incarnate, for God manifest in the flesh was fed by the same ministry. Of him the following from Ecclesiasticus (chap. 48:1-11) is a nervous character: - Then... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:1-21

The death of Elisha. "In the three and twentieth," etc. The Book of Kings is, to a large extent, a record of crime, and of crime of the most heinous and aggravated character. The terrible monstrosities recorded are, for the most part, ascribable, directly or indirectly, to kings. In this very chapter we have a sketch of two of those monarchs who have been among the greatest curses of their race. Jehoahaz, son and successor of Jehu King of Israel, whose reign was disastrous to the kingdom to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:1-25

REIGNS OF JEHOAHAZ , SON OF JEHU , AND JOASH , SON OF JEHOAHAZ , OVER ISRAEL . NOTICES OF ELISHA . WAR OF ISRAEL WITH SYRIA . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:10-25

THE REIGN OF JOASH . The writer passes from the reign of Jehoahaz, Jehu's son, to that of Joash, Jehu's grandson, which he seems to have intended at first to dispatch in the short space of four verses ( 2 Kings 13:10-13 ). He afterwards, however, saw reason to add to his narrative, first, an account of an interview between Joash and Elisha, shortly Before the death of the latter ( 2 Kings 13:14-19 ); secondly, an account of a miracle wrought soon afterwards by means of Elisha's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:20

And Elisha died, and they buried him. There had been no burial of Elijah, who" went up by a whirlwind into heaven" ( 2 Kings 2:11 ). All the more anxious, therefore, would the Israelites be to bury their second great prophet with due honor. They prepared him, no doubt, one of those excavated sepulchers which were usual at the time and in the country—a squared or vaulted chamber cut in the native rock. St. Jerome says that the place of his sepulture was near Samaria ('Epitaph. Paulae'), and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:20-21

Life in death. The miracle wrought by the instrumentality of Elisha's bones would seem to have been designed for three main ends or purposes. I. FOR THE HONOR OF THE PROPHET ; that so he might have in his death (as Elijah had had in the method of his departure) a testimony from God that he was approved by him, and that he would have him respected and honored by his countrymen. Worship of relics was not a Jewish superstition; and thus there was no danger of those ill results... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:20-21

A resurrection and its lessons. This miracle was wrought, in a time of prevailing unbelief, to teach a lesson to a faithless age. Strange sight indeed—for those who were engrossed with the sensual pleasures of the present world, thus unexpectedly to be brought face to face with the power of the Unseen! I. GOD 'S POWER TO RAISE THE DEAD . Here was something which their heathen gods could never do. Heathenism, agnosticism,—these systems bring no comfort to the bereaved and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:20-21

Power in dead bones. These verses contain a circumstantial notice of a singular miracle that was wrought at Elisha's sepulcher by contact with his bones. Bands of Moabites were ravaging the country, and one of these bands came upon the scene during a funeral. The mourners were terrified, and hastily thrust the corpse into Elisha's sepulcher, which was hard by; whereupon the dead man, having touched the bones of Elisha, revived and stood upon his feet. We notice— I. THE GOOD MAN ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 13:20-25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 13:20

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

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:1-25

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:10-25

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:20-21

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:20-21

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:20-21

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