2 Kings 2:20

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

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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

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

cruse. Occurs only here.
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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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

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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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...
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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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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

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

2 Kings 2:20