2 Kings 13:21 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 13:21

And it came to pass, as they were burying a man ,.... That is, as they were going to bury him; for as yet they were not come to the place they designed to bury him at, as appears by what follows: that, behold, they spied a band of men ; one of the bands of the Moabites, which came to rob and plunder, and which was about the place where they intended to bury the man; or they supposed would be there by that time they got to it, or at least before they could bury him, and therefore being... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 13:21

They spied a band - They saw one of these marauding parties; and through fear could not wait to bury their dead, but threw the body into the grave of Elisha, which chanced then to be open; and as soon as it touched the bones of the prophet, the man was restored to life. This shows that the prophet did not perform his miracles by any powers of his own, but by the power of God; and he chose to honor his servant, by making even his bones the instrument of another miracle after his death.... 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 13:20-21

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:21

And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that. "They" is used indefinitely of some unnamed Israelites, like the French on. Certain persons, it does not matter who, were burying a man, i.e. about to bury him, and were carrying the corpse to the grave, when an interruption occurred. Behold, they spied a band of men —rather, the band , i.e. the band of that year— and they cast the man into the sepulcher of Elisha. There was no time for ceremony. Hastily, and somewhat... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 13:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 13:21

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 13:20-21

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:20-21

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:20-21

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:21

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