Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 2

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2 Kings 2 . 1 , Elijah , taking his leave of Elisha , with his mantle divides Jordan; 2 Kings 2 . 9 , and , granting Elisha his request , is taken up by a fiery chariot into heaven; 2 Kings 2 . 12 , Elisha , dividing Jordan with Elijah’s mantle , is acknowledged his successor; 2 Kings 2 . 16 , The young prophets , hardly obtaining leave to seek Elijah , cannot find him; 2 Kings 2 . 19 , Elisha with salt heals the unwholesome waters; 2 Kings 2 . 23 , Bears destroy the children that mocked Elisha.

2 Kings 2:1

Shortly before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal,

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2 Kings 2:2

and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

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2 Kings 2:3

Then the sons of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”

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2 Kings 2:4

And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.

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2 Kings 2:5

Then the sons of the prophets at Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”

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the sons i.e. as the Targumist renders , talmeedey neveeya , "disciples of the prophets ,"

2 Kings 2:6

And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.

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2 Kings 2:7

Then a company of fifty of the sons of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing Elijah and Elisha as the two of them stood by the Jordan.

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to view afar off Heb. in sight , or over against

2 Kings 2:8

And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

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חם לחכשפחם בץפןץ , his sheep skin , says the Septuagint; the skins of sheep being formerly worn by prophets as the simple insignia of their office. See note on 2 Kings 1 . 8

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2 Kings 2:9

After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, "Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken away from you?" "Please, let me inherit a double portion of your spirit," Elisha replied.

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This probably refers to the law respecting the first-born , who had a double portion of the property of his father. As Elisha may have considered himself as the first-born of Elijah , so he requested a double portion of his spiritual influence

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2 Kings 2:10

“You have requested a difficult thing,” said Elijah. “Nevertheless, if you see me as I am taken from you, it will be yours. But if not, then it will not be so.”

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asked a hard thing Heb. done hard in asking

2 Kings 2:11

As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.

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2 Kings 2:12

As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.

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2 Kings 2:13

Elisha also picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah, and he went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

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Heb. lip

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2 Kings 2:14

Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.

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2 Kings 2:15

When the sons of the prophets who were facing him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

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2 Kings 2:16

"Look now," they said to Elisha, "we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys." "Do not send them," Elisha replied.

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strong men Heb. sons of strength

some mountain Heb. one of the mountains

2 Kings 2:17

But when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, "Send them." And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.

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2 Kings 2:18

When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”

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2 Kings 2:19

Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”

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Heb. causing to miscarry

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2 Kings 2:20

"Bring me a new bowl," he replied, "and put some salt in it." So they brought it to him,

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2 Kings 2:21

and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, "This is what the LORD says: 'I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.'"

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2 Kings 2:23

From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”

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The words nearim ketannim not only signify little children but young men; for katon signifies not only little , but young , in opposition to old; and naar signifies not only a child , but a young man grown to years of maturity. Thus Isaac is called naar when twenty-eight years old , Joseph when thirty-nine , and Rehoboam when forty. These idolatrous young men , having heard of the ascension of Elijah , without believing it , blasphemously bade Elisha to follow him. The venerable prophet , from a Divine impulse , pronounced a curse "in the name of the Lord ," which was immediately followed by the most terrible judgment; thus evincing the Source from which it flowed

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2 Kings 2:24

Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.

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2 Kings 2:25

And Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web12 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Luke 16:19-31 → 2 Kings 2:11, Luke 24:50-51 → 2 Kings 2:1, Luke 9:51 → 2 Kings 2:10, Luke 9:8 → 2 Kings 2:1, Acts 1:1-2 → 2 Kings 2:11, Acts 1:10 → 2 Kings 2:9-12
Echoes Luke 9:26 → 2 Kings 2:11
Trajectories
Crossing the Jordan (Entering God's Rest), Elijah (Prophet of Fire and Restoration), Elisha (Double Portion of Spirit), Enoch (Translation Without Death)
Chiasms
Shaped 2 Kings 2:1–15
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