2 Kings 2:24

And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

On this occasion only do we find Elisha a minister of vengeance. Perhaps it was necessary to show, at the outset of his career as a prophet, that h...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he turned back, and looked on them, and (n) cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare for...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

bears. See 1 Samuel 17:34-36 . children . progeny. Not the same word as 2 Kings 2:23 .
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 360 ELISHA MOCKED BY THE CHILDREN 2 Kings 2:23-24 . And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

There came forth little children, &c.— Young lads. In order to rescue the character of the prophet from the objections of infidels on account...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare for...
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

Cursed them ] see on 1 Kings 16:34 ; Elisha seems to have shared the fiery disposition of his master Elijah ( 2 Kings 1:10 ), and the spirit he man...
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

He turned back. — The boys were following him with their jeers. Thenius says, “The wanton young people, who had not courage to attack except in the...
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

In this destruction of the wicked children there is more evidently implied than is here related. If we look into the book of the Chronicles, and comp...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE GENTLE PROPHET’S CURSE ‘And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears ou...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he turned back, and looked on them ,.... With a stern countenance, thereby reproving them, and in order to intimidate them, and make them ashame...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty a...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord “The word curse has in Scripture three different acceptations. It signifies, to infli...
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

Cursed them; nor was this punishment too great for the offence, if it be considered that these children were grown up to some maturity; ( See Poole...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

C. The Young Men Of Bethel Gather To Mock The Prophet Of YHWH And Are Ravaged By Bears ( 2 Kings 2:23-25 ). As Elisha went up from Jericho to Beth...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 2:23 . Little children —see note on נַעַר in 1 Kings 3:7 ; same word as in 1 Kings 12:8 ; 1 Kings 12...
Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Kings 2:24 I. This story teaches that the faults of our youth, and those which are most natural to us at that age, are not considered by God as...
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 he went up from thence unto Beth-el. Elisha and the naughty children ;-- I. The event as regards the transgressors. They were the childr...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Elisha's Miraculous Powers
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And be turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord; for it was as Jehovah's prophet that the mockery had been heaped upo...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 13:24 ; 1 Kings 19:17 ; 1 Kings 20:36 ; 2 Corinthians 10:6 ; 2 Kings 1:10-12 ; 2 Samuel 17:8 ; Acts 13:9-11 ; Acts 5:5 ; Acts 5:9 ;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Cursed them — Nor was this punishment too great for the offence, if it be considered, that their mocking proceeded from a great malignity of mind a...

²⁴ And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 2:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit 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

Sermon Bible 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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