Ezekiel 47:11; Judges 9:45; Zephaniah 2:9
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...
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...
cruse. Occurs only here.
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...
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
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...
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...
Salt ] a preservative and a symbol of wholesomeness and purity: cp. Matthew 5:13 .
(19-25) Elisha, as prophet, heals the waters of Jericho, and curses the scorners of Beth-el.
A new cruse. — Vessel ; either dish, bowl, or cup ( çĕlôhîth ); only here. (Comp. çĕlâhôth , 2 Chronicles 35:16 : and the Targum, ( çĕlûhît...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Waters of Jericho Healed; the Death of the Mocking Children. B. C. 895....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION 2 Kings 2:1-12 THE REMOVAL OF ELIJAH FROM EARTH , AND SOME EARLY MIRACLES OF ELISHA . The great prophet of...
Elisha's Miraculous Powers
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, a receptacle, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
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.