2 Kings 13:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. ”

2 Kings 13:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The bands of the Moabites invaded the land - The Moabites had been increasing in strength ever since their revolt from Ahaziah 2 Kings 1:1 . The defeat which they suffered at the hands of Jehora...
2 Kings 13:20 - 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 13:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

died. He was called in the days of Ahab ( 1 Kings 19:19 ), and ministered fifty years. coming in of the year: i.e. the spring. Compare 2 Samuel 11:1 .
2 Kings 13:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. And Elisha died - The two prophets, Elijah and Elisha, were both most extraordinary...
2 Kings 13:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. Elisha died. Enjoying a happier life than Elijah, as he possessed a milder c...
2 Kings 13:20 - 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 13:20 - 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 13:20 - 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 13:20 - 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 13:20 - 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 13:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is no account of the prophet's funeral, or of Israel's lamentation over him. Reader! doth not the death of the servants of our Lord always remind thee, and call forth holy joy in the heart, that...
2 Kings 13:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 C...
2 Kings 13:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. Ver. 20. And Elisha died. ] Accisis corporeis viribus gloriosam exhalavit animam...
2 Kings 13:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Elisha died, and they buried him In or near Samaria. The spirit of Elijah rested on Elisha, and yet he is not conveyed to heaven in a fiery chariot as Elijah was, but goes the common way of all fle...
2 Kings 13:20 - 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 13:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Death of Elisha. B. C. 837. 20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands...
2 Kings 13:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They buried him, in or near Samaria. At the coming in of the year; in the spring, when the fruits of the earth grew ripe.
2 Kings 13:20 - 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 13:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 13:20 . Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year —בָּא שָׁנָה— lit., a year came; but it may be interpreted as the Spring season, in ancie...
2 Kings 13:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Kings 13:20-21 We Protestants do not attach much virtue to relics in the ordinary sense of the term, but there is a sense in which we may reasonably do so. Relics are remains; and while we belie...
2 Kings 13:20 - 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 13:20 - 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 13:20 - 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 13:20 - 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 13:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jehoash King of Israel
2 Kings 13:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 24:16 ; 2 Kings 24:2 ; 2 Kings 3:24-27 ; 2 Kings 3:5 ; 2 Kings 5:2 ; 2 Kings 6:23 ; Acts 8:2 ; Judges 3:12 ; Judges 6:3-6
2 Kings 13:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Moabites invaded — The mentioning this immediately on the death of Elisha intimates, that the removal of God's faithful prophets, is a presage of judgments approaching.

2 Kings 13:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 13:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 13:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 13:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 13:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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

2 Kings 13:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 13:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 13:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 13:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 13:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 13:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 13:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 13:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 13:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 13:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 13:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 13:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 13:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 13:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Kings 13:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Kings 13:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 13:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 13:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 13:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 13:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 13:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes