2 Kings 13:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows. ”

2 Kings 13:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Reign of Joash or Jehoash of Israel. During this reign Elisha died. He is represented, as in 2 Kings 6, as Israel's champion in the great war with Syria, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen...
2 Kings 13:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows. Take bow and arrows - The bow, the arrows, and the smiting on the ground, were all emblematical things, indicative...
2 Kings 13:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows. Take bow and arrows. Hostilities were usually proclaimed by a herald, sometimes by a king or general making...
2 Kings 13:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Reigns of Jehoahaz and Joash of Israel. The last Prediction of Elisha 3. All their days] RV 'continually,' i.e. throughout the reign of Jehoahaz. 5 A saviour ] either Jehoash ( 2 Kings 13:25...
2 Kings 13:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(14-21) The visit of Joash to the dying Elisha. This section is obviously derived from another documentary source than the preceding. What a fresh and life-like picture it presents in contrast with t...
2 Kings 13:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 13:10-21 THE DYNASTY OF JEHU Jehoahaz 814-797 2 Kings 13:1-9 Joash 797-781 2 Kings 13:10-21 ; 2 Kings 14:8-16 Jeroboam II 781-740 2 Kings 14:23-29 Zechariah...
2 Kings 13:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Arrow of the Lord's Deliverance” 2 Kings 13:10-25 A good man is a great defense to his country. Mary, Queen of Scots, dreaded the prayers of Knox more than the armies of the king of France...
2 Kings 13:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Under Jehoahaz the story of corruption ran on in Israel. It was the story of continuation of evil as moral, and its consequent continuation as punishment. Readiness of God to forgive is revealed in t...
2 Kings 13:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The prophet, though dying, had lost nothing of his prophetical spirit, nor of his faithfulness in God's covenant promises. Like another Elijah, he gives intimations, even in death, of what should fol...
2 Kings 13:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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, h...
2 Kings 13:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows. Ver. 15. And Elisha said, Take bow and arrows. ] Chria quadam tanquam signo externo victoriam praedicit: The p...
2 Kings 13:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Take bow and arrows This was to represent the wars he was to have with the Syrians. Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands To signify to him, that in all his expeditions against the Syrians,...
2 Kings 13:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JEHOAHAZ REIGNS IN ISRAEL (vv.10-13) Jehoash reigned in Judah 40 years (ch.12:1), and in his 23 rd year Jehoahaz took the throne of Israel (v.1). He reigned 17 years, so it would appear both the...
2 Kings 13:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Reign of Joash, King of Israel. B. C. 839. 10 In the thirty and seventh year of Jo...
2 Kings 13:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
2 Kings 13:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reigns of Jeroboam King of Israel and Azariah (Uzziah) King of Judah ( 2 Kings 14:23 to 2 Kings 15:7 ). The next fourteen verses very much bring out the method and aims of the prophetic auth...
2 Kings 13:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 13:14 . Elisha was fallen sick —The prophet’s presence was felt by Joash to be a guarantee of the safety of his kingdom, and he dreaded to lose him, fear...
2 Kings 13:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Kings 13:1-2 . In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. And he did th...
2 Kings 13:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
2 Kings 13:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. The death of Elisha I. A great man dying. II. A wicked man regretting the event. III. A good man leaving the world interested i...
2 Kings 13:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 13:1-12 REIGNS OF JEHOAHAZ , SON OF JEHU , AND JOASH , SON OF JEHOAHAZ , OVER ISRAEL . NOTICES OF ELISHA . WAR OF ISRAEL WITH SYRIA ....
2 Kings 13:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jehoash King of Israel

2 Kings 13:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 13:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 13:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 13:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 13:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 13:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 13:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 13:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 13:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 13:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 13:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 13:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 13:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 13:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 13:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 13:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 13:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 13:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Kings 13:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 13:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 13:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 13:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann