2 Kings 2:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.d ”

2 Kings 2:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The water is naught - i. e. “bad.” And the ground barren - Translate “and the land apt to miscarry.” The stream was thought to be the cause of untimely births, abortions, and the like, among...
2 Kings 2:19 - 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 2:19 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 359 ELISHA HEALING THE SPRING WITH A CRUSE OF SALT 2 Kings 2:19-22 . The men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seet...
2 Kings 2:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren. The water is naught, and t...
2 Kings 2:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren. The situation of this...
2 Kings 2:19 - 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 2:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The men of the city. — Not “the sons of the prophets,” but the citizens make this trial of the prophet’s miraculous powers. The situation of this (Heb., the ) city is pleasant (Heb., good )....
2 Kings 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here Elisha enters upon his ministry. And a lovely service it was to heal the barren and corrupt waters of Jericho. Like the waters of Marah the appointed remedy cast in by the Lord's command became...
2 Kings 2:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the men of the city said unto Elisha ,.... The inhabitants of Jericho, perceiving him to be a prophet, and endowed with a power of working miracles: behold, I pray thee, the situation of this...
2 Kings 2:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city [is] pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water [is] naught, and the ground barren. Ver. 19. Behold, I pray...
2 Kings 2:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The water is naught, and the ground barren Either it was so originally, at least as to that part of the city where the college of the prophets was; or it became so from the curse of God inflicted u...
2 Kings 2:19 - 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 2:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Waters of Jericho Healed; the Death of the Mocking Children. B. C. 895. 19 And the...
2 Kings 2:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Either it was so orignally, at least as to that part of the city where the college of the prophets was, for it is not necessary to understand this of the whole territory; or it became so from the cur...
2 Kings 2:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

SECTION 7. Elisha Enters Canaan To Take Possession Of It For YHWH And Moab's Rebellion Against Israel Is Put Down With Tragic Consequences ( 2 Kings 2:1 to 2 Kings 3:27 ). In our view the entry...
2 Kings 2:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 2:20 . A new cruse —“A symbol of the renewing power of the Word of God” ( Keil ). 2 Kings 2:21 . Death or barren land; death or abortion . HOM...
2 Kings 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

And the men of the city said unto Elisha. The bitter waters sweetened-Elisha the healer Jericho, a city of high antiquity, was one of the most important in the land of Palestine. Its walls were...
2 Kings 2:19 - 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 2:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Elisha's Miraculous Powers
2 Kings 2:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 16:34 ; 1 Kings 18:13 ; 1 Kings 18:7 ; 1 Timothy 5:17 ; Deuteronomy 28:11 ; Deuteronomy 28:15-18 ; Deuteronomy 28:2-4 ; Exodus 15:23 ; Exodus 23:26 ; Exodus 7:19 ; Hosea 9:14 ; Jo...
2 Kings 2:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Barren — Either it was so originally, at least, as to that part of the city where the college of the prophets was: or, it became so from the curse of God inflicted upon it, when Hiel rebuilt it. Ho...

2 Kings 2:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 2:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 2:19 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Kings 2:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 2:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 2:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 2:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 2:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 2:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 2:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 2:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 2:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 2:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 2:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 2:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 2:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 2:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 2:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 2:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 2:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Kings 2:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 2:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 2:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 2:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 2:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 2:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes