take up. Ge 5:24; 1Ki 19:4; Lu 9:51; Ac 1:9; Heb 11:5; Re 11:12;
by a whirlwind. 1Ki 18:12; 19:11; Job 38:1;
Elisha. 1Ki 19:16-21;
Tarry here. Ru 1:15,16; 2Sa 15:19,20; Joh 6:67,68;
As the Lord. ver. 4,6; 4:30; 1Sa 1:26; 17:55; 25:26; Jer 4:2;
I will not. Ru 1:16-18; 2Sa 15:21; 1Jo 2:19;
Beth-el. Ge 28:19; 1Ki 12:29,33; 13:1,2;
And the sons. ver. 5,7,15; 4:1,38; 9:1; 1Sa 10:10-12; 19:20; 1Ki 18:4; 20:35; Isa 8:18;
Jericho. Jos 6:26; 1Ki 16:34; Lu 19:1;
As the Lord. ver. 2; 4:30; Ac 2:42; 11:23;
the sons. i.e., as the Targumist renders, {talmeedey neveeya,} "disciples of the prophets." thy master. See on ver. ver. 3; Jos 1:1,2; Lu 24:51; Joh 17:5-7; Ac 1:2,11; 26:25;
Yea, I know it. Ge 48:19; Ec 3:7; Isa 41:1; Hab 2:20; ver. 6;
fifty men. ver. 17; 1Ki 18:4,13;
to view afar off. Heb. in sight, or over against.
his mantle. [Ten meloten autou,] his sheep skin, says the Septuagint; the skins of sheep being formerly worn by prophets as the simple insignia of their office: see Note on ch. 1:8. 1Ki 19:13,19;
were. ver. 14; Ex 14:21,22; Jos 3:14-17; Ps 114:5-7; Isa 11:15; Heb 11:29; Re 16:12;
Ask what. 13:14-19; Nu 27:16-23; De 34:9; 1Ch 29:18,19; Ps 72:1,20; Lu 24:45-51; Joh 17:9-13; Ac 1:8; 8:17; 20:25-36;
Elisha said. Nu 11:17,25; 1Ki 3:9; 2Ch 1:9,10; Joh 14:12-14; 16:7; 1Co 12:31;
a double portion. This probably refers to the law respecting the first-born, who had a double portion of the property of his father. As Elisha may have considered himself as the first-born of Elijah, so he requested a double portion of his spiritual influence. Nu 27:20; De 21:17; Zec 9:12; 12:8; 1Ti 5:17;
Thou hast. Mr 11:22-24; Joh 16:24;
asked a hard thing. Heb. done hard in asking. if thou see. ver. 12; Ac 1:9,10; 6:17; Ps 68:17; 104:3,4; Eze 1:4-28; 10:9-22; Hab 3:8; Zec 3:8; Zec 6:1-8; Heb 1:14;
by a whirlwind. ver. 1;
into heaven. Mr 16:19;
saw it. ver. 10;
My father. 13:14; Job 22:30; Pr 11:11; Ec 7:19; 9:16-18; Isa 37:4,15,21; Ac 27:24;
he saw him. Pr 30:4; Mr 16:19; Lu 2:15; 24:51; Joh 3:13; Ac 1:9; 2Co 5:2,4; Eph 4:8; Re 11:12;
rent them. Job 1:20,21; Isa 57:1,2; Ac 8:2;
the mantle. ver. 8; 1Ki 19:19;
bank. Heb. lip. 1Ki 9:26;
smote. ver. 8-10; Jos 1:1-9; Mr 16:20; Joh 14:12; Ac 2:33; 3:12,13;
Where is. Jud 6:13; 1Ki 18:36-39; Ps 42:2,10; 115:2; Joe 2:17;
to view. ver. 7;
The spirit. Nu 11:25-29; 27:20; Jos 3:7; Isa 11:2; 59:21; Joh 15:26,27; Ac 1:8; 2Co 12:9; 1Pe 4:14;
bowed. ver. 19; 4:1-4,37; 6:1-7; Jos 4:14;
strong men. Heb. sons of strength. the Spirit. 1Ki 18:12; Eze 3:14; 8:3; 11:24; 40:2; Ac 8:39; 2Co 12:2,3;
some mountain. Heb. one of the mountains.
they urged. 2Sa 18:22,23; Lu 11:8; Ro 10:2;
found him not. Heb 11:5; ver. 18;
my Lord seeth. Nu 12:11; 1Ki 18:7,13; 1Ti 5:17;
the water. Ex 7:19; 15:23; Jos 6:17,26; 1Ki 16:34;
barren. Heb. causing to miscarry. Ex 23:26; De 28:2-4,11,15-18; Ho 9:14;
salt therein. Jud 9:45; Eze 47:11; Zep 2:9;
cast. 4:41; 6:6; Ex 15:25,26; Le 2:13; Mt 5:11; Mr 9:50; Joh 9:6;
I have healed. Eze 47:8-11; 1Co 1:18-28; Re 22:2,3;
there shall. Ps 107:33-38; Re 21:4; ver. 22;
Beth-el. 1Ki 12:28-32; Ho 4:15; 10:5,15; Am 3:14; 4:4; 5:5; 7:13;
little children. The words {n��rim ketannim} not only signify little children but young men; for {katon} signifies not only little, but young, in opposition to old; and {n��r} signifies not only a child, but a young man grown to years of maturity: thus Isaac is called {n��r} when twenty-eight years old, Joseph when thirty-nine, and Rehoboam when forty. These idolatrous young men, having heard of the ascension of Elijah, without believing it, blasphemously bade Elisha to follow him. The venerable prophet, from a Divine impulse, pronounced a curse "in the name of the Lord," which was immediately followed by the most terrible judgment; thus evincing the Source from which it flowed. Job 19:18; 30:1,8-31; Pr 20:11; 22:6,15; Ec 11:10; Isa 1:4; 3:5; Jer 7:18;
mocked. Ge 21:9; 2Ch 36:16; Job 30:1,8,9; Ps 35:15; Isa 57:3,4; Ga 4:29; Heb 11:36;
Go up. ver. 11; Mt 27:29-31,40-43;
cursed them. 1:10-12; Ge 9:25; De 28:15-26; Jud 9:20,57; Jer 28:16; 29:21-23; La 3:65; Am 7:17; Mr 11:14,21; Ac 5:5,9; 8:20; 13:9-11; 2Co 10:6;
she bears. 2Sa 17:8; Pr 17:12; 28:15; Ho 13:8;
children of them. Ex 20:5; 1Ki 13:24; 19:17; 20:36;
mount Carmel. 4:25; 1Ki 18:19,42;