2 Kings 2:20

cruse. Occurs only here.

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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...
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 narrat...
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 s...
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.
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...
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 r...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Salt ] a preservative and a symbol of wholesomeness and purity: cp. Matthew 5:13 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(19-25) Elisha, as prophet, heals the waters of Jericho, and curses the scorners of Beth-el.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A new cruse. — Vessel ; either dish, bowl, or cup ( çĕlôhîth ); only here. (Comp. çĕlâhôth , 2 Chronicles 35:16 : and the Targum, ( çĕlûhît...
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...
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 he...
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...
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 appo...
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 t...
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 be...
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...
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 Eli...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Waters of Jericho Healed; the Death of the Mocking Children. B. C. 895....
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 i...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

B. The ‘Healing' of Jericho's Spring ( 2 Kings 2:19-22 ). The new beginning for Israel resulting from Elisha' entry into the land over the Jordan...
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 . De...
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 no...
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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he said, Bring me a new cruse, a receptacle, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 47:11 ; Judges 9:45 ; Zephaniah 2:9
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...

²⁰ And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 2:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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