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

“ And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. ”

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

The “new cruse” and the “salt” are evidently chosen from a regard to symbolizm. The foul stream represents sin, and to cleanse it emblems of purity must he taken. Hence, the clean “new” dish previo...
2 Kings 2:20 - 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 2:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

cruse. Occurs only here.
2 Kings 2:20 - 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 2:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
2 Kings 2:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. The noxious qualities of the water could not be corrected by t...
2 Kings 2:20 - 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 2:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(19-25) Elisha, as prophet, heals the waters of Jericho, and curses the scorners of Beth-el.
2 Kings 2:20 - 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 2:20 - 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 2:20 - 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 2:20 - 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 2:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said, bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein ,.... One that had never been used, that it might not be thought that the virtue was owing to anything that had been, or was, put into it: a...
2 Kings 2:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought [it] to him. Ver. 20. And he said, Bring me, &c. ] Jericho is now become a receptacle of prophets; it is reason that a...
2 Kings 2:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And he said, Bring me a new cruise He says new , partly that there might be no ground of suspicion that the cure was wrought by the natural virtue of any thing which was or had been in the cruise...
2 Kings 2:20 - 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 2:20 - 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 2:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A new cruse; partly that there might be no ground of suspicion that the cure was wrought by any natural virtue of any thing which was or had been in the cruse before, but only by God's power; and p...
2 Kings 2:20 - 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 2:20 - 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 2:20 - 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 2:20 - 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 2:20 - 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 2:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Elisha's Miraculous Powers
2 Kings 2:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 47:11 ; Judges 9:45 ; Zephaniah 2:9
2 Kings 2:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A new cruse — That there might be no legal pollution in it which might offend God, and hinder his miraculous operation. Put salt — A most improper remedy; for salt naturally makes waters brackish,...

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

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

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

2 Kings 2:20 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 Kings 2:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 Kings 2:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 2:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

2 Kings 2:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 2:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes