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2 Kings 13:11

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

He departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein. I repeat what I said before, what a mischievous thing is one evil example! When a man makes another sin, the other who sins is guilty, and the man who makes him sin is a sharer in his guilt. Here is Jeroboam, dead for years, and yet, he...

2 Kings 13:12

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did,.... Though none of his acts as yet are recorded, but his sinful ones: and his might; or valiant actions in war with the Syrians, 2 Kings 13:25, and wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah; of which there is an account in the following chapter: are they not written in the book of the...

2 Kings 13:12-13

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? And Joash slept with, his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash, was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. Now, here is a story...

2 Kings 13:13

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And Joash slept with his fathers,.... Or died: and Jeroboam sat upon his throne; who was his son; it is not said that he began to sit on it, or to reign, nor to reign in his father's stead; hence it is concluded, as by Kimchi and others, that his father set him on his throne in his lifetime; and the Jewish chronology (l) expressly asserts that he...

2 Kings 13:14

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died,.... The prophets do not live for ever; this sickness was unto death; Elisha died, and was not translated as Elijah was: and Joash the king came down unto him; from his palace to the prophet's house, to visit him in his sickness; which was an instance of great condescension and respect,...

2 Kings 13:14

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. An old man, probably in his ninetieth year; he had served his generation well. We read nothing of him for five and forty years; he seems to have been in comparative seclusion; perhaps in his old age he had been neglected and forgotten, as many a man of God has been who once stood in the...

2 Kings 13:15

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And Elisha said unto him, take bow and arrows,.... The usual instruments of war in those days: and he took unto him bow and arrows; which though they might not be had in the house of the prophet, he could have some from his guards that attended him.

2 Kings 13:15-16

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows. And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it; and Elisha put his hands upon the king’s hands. Not because he could lend much strength, for he was an old man; but because this signified that God would be with the king,...

2 Kings 13:16

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And he said unto the king of Israel, put thine hand upon the bow, and he put his hand upon it,.... His left hand: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands; on both his hands, which were put, the one on the bow, the other on the arrow (m); hereby signifying, that though the king would draw the bow in battle, the Lord, whom the prophet...

2 Kings 13:17

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And he said, open the window eastward,.... Syria lying east of the land of Israel, as the Jewish commentators in general observe, and for which they quote Isaiah 9:12, but it lay northeast, or rather more to the north; wherefore this may respect the eastward part of the land of Israel, which the Syrians had got possession of, and should be...

2 Kings 13:17

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And he said, Open the window eastward. They had no glass windows in those days, you know; but they threw back the iron bars that made the shutter, and opened the window eastward. 2Ki_13:17. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD’S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou...

2 Kings 13:18

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And he said, take the arrows, and he took them,.... The rest of them: and he said unto the king of Israel, smite upon the ground; the floor of the room in which the prophet lay: and he smote thrice, and stayed; made a stop, ceased smiting; he might think this action trifling, and beneath him, only was willing to please the prophet, but did not do...

2 Kings 13:18

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. I suppose, a quiver full. 2Ki_13:18. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. “Shoot the arrows out of the window, and let them strike into the ground, and stick there.”

2 Kings 13:19

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And the man of God was wroth with him,.... Because he ceased smiting, and smote no oftener; for it was revealed to the prophet, by an impulse upon his mind, that by the number of times he smote on the ground, it would be known how often he should get the victory over his enemies; but this was to be left to the king's own will, how often he would...

2 Kings 13:19-20

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shall smite Syria but thrice. And Elisha died, and they buried him. God has different ways of taking his people home. Some go on a sudden, whirled away, as Elijah was. This prophet died gently, worn out with age; but...

2 Kings 13:20

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And Elisha died, and they buried him,.... In Samaria. Epiphanius says (n), in Sebastopolis of Samaria, Samaria itself was called Sebaste in later times; though the Jews say (o) he was buried in Mount Carmel, in the cave of Elijah; according to the Jewish chronology (p), he died in the tenth year of Joash, and he prophesied more than sixty years;...

2 Kings 13:20-21

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulcher of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. Thus God gave Elisha power,...

2 Kings 13:21

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

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...

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