The mantle of Elijah. — See 2 Kings 2:8, and comp. 1 Kings 19:19. The badge of the prophet’s office was naturally transferred to his successor.
The bank. — Literally, lip. So χείλς is used in Greek (Herod. ii. 70).
Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 2:13
2 Kings 2:13
13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bankb of Jordan;