2 Kings 2:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? ”

2 Kings 2:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 1:1 to 2 Kings 2:25 . Last Days and Ascension of Elijah: Elisha Established as his Successor. Here we have perhaps a third Elijah narrative, in which the prophet is represented as playin...
2 Kings 2:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
2 Kings 2:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. No JFB commentary on these verses.
2 Kings 2:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Elijah's Translation to Heaven The great service rendered to Israel by the prophet whose life is here closed was the stand which he made for the religion of Jehovah when its supremacy was threaten...
2 Kings 2:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For he tarried. — Now he (emphatic) was abiding in Jericho (while they were searching). Did I not say. — Or, command. Elisha could now fairly remind them of his authority. So the phrase “Go...
2 Kings 2:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ELISHA 2 Kings 2:1-25 "He did wonders in his life, and at death even his works were marvelous. For all this the people repented not." - Sir 48:14-15 AT this point we enter into the cycle of s...
2 Kings 2:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Elijah's Spirit on Elisha 2 Kings 2:13-25 We, too, may have a double portion of Elijah's spirit, but everything depends on the purity of our hearts. Only the pure in heart can see, and if we ca...
2 Kings 2:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

There is something pathetic and even weird in these final movement's of Elijah, as we see him accompanied by Elisha, and watched by the prophets. It would seem as though he tried to escape into lonel...
2 Kings 2:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There is somewhat mysterious in those verses. That the sons of the prophets should be so destitute of faith, and Elisha suffer himself to be led away to the permission of what is here said appears so...
2 Kings 2:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when they came again to him, for he tarried at Jericho ,.... Waiting their return to hear the report they made: which when they had, he said unto them, did I not say unto you, go not ? assurin...
2 Kings 2:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? Ver. 18. Did not I say unto you, Go not? ] The uncounsellable are commonly unhappy...
2 Kings 2:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Though in 1 Kings 19:21 we read of Elisha following Elijah and becoming his servant, yet Elisha is not mentioned as identified with Elijah when Elijah later gave messages to Ahab ( 1 Kings 21:17-19...
2 Kings 2:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Elijah's Mantle on Elisha. B. C. 895. 13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fel...
2 Kings 2:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
2 Kings 2:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A. Elijah Is Taken Away By YHWH Into Heaven And His Spirit Comes on Elisha Who Re-enters Canaan ( 2 Kings 2:1-18 ). In this remarkable account we have the first definite indication in Scripture th...
2 Kings 2:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 2:16 . Lest peradventure, &c.—They had seen Elijah pass miraculously over Jordan, but did not witness his ascension. Even if he had been taken up to...
2 Kings 2:18 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Kings 2:1-19 The account of Elijah's translation suggests: I. That the life of man is absolutely at the disposal of the Lord. (1) God knows when our work is done. (2) We are taken from a lower...
2 Kings 2:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 2:1 . When the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven. The LXX read, ως εις τον ουρανον, as into heaven. They mean to say, that he did not ascend higher than paradise, as in John 3:13 ....
2 Kings 2:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 2:1-12 THE REMOVAL OF ELIJAH FROM EARTH , AND SOME EARLY MIRACLES OF ELISHA . The great prophet of Israel was to have a departure from earth as marv...
2 Kings 2:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Elisha's Miraculous Powers

2 Kings 2:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 2:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 2:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 2:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 2:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 2:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 2:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 2:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 2:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 2:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 2:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 2:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 2:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 2:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 2:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 2:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 2:18 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Kings 2:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 2:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 2:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann