Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
4 Kings (2 Kings) Chapter 2
Overview
Kg2 2:1, Elijah, taking his leave of Elisha, with his mantle divides Jordan; Kg2 2:9, and, granting Elisha his request, is taken up by a fiery chariot into heaven; Kg2 2:12, Elisha, dividing Jordan with Elijah's mantle, is acknowledged his successor; Kg2 2:16, The young prophets, hardly obtaining leave to seek Elijah, cannot find him; Kg2 2:19, Elisha with salt heals the unwholesome waters; Kg2 2:23, Bears destroy the children that mocked Elisha.
take up: Gen 5:24; Kg1 19:4; Luk 9:51; Act 1:9; Heb 11:5; Rev 11:12
by a whirlwind: Kg1 18:12, Kg1 19:11; Job 38:1
Elisha: Kg1 19:16-21
Tarry here: Rut 1:15, Rut 1:16; Sa2 15:19, Sa2 15:20; Joh 6:67, Joh 6:68
As the Lord: Kg2 2:4, Kg2 2:6, Kg2 4:30; Sa1 1:26, Sa1 17:55, Sa1 25:26; Jer 4:2
I will not: Rut 1:16-18; Sa2 15:21; Jo1 2:19
Bethel: Gen 28:19; Kg1 12:29, Kg1 12:33, Kg1 13:1, Kg1 13:2
And the sons: Kg2 2:5, Kg2 2:7, Kg2 2:15, Kg2 4:1, Kg2 4:38, Kg2 9:1; Sa1 10:10-12, Sa1 19:20; Kg1 18:4, Kg1 20:35; Isa 8:18
thy master: Deu 33:3; Act 22:3
Jericho: Jos 6:26; Kg1 16:34; Luk 19:1
As the Lord: Kg2 2:2, Kg2 4:30; Act 2:42, Act 11:23
the sons: i.e. as the Targumist renders, talmeedey neveeya, "disciples of the prophets,"
thy master: Kg2 2:3; Jos 1:1, Jos 1:2; Luk 24:51; Joh 17:5-7; Act 1:2, Act 1:11, Act 26:25
I know it: Gen 48:19; Ecc 3:7; Isa 41:1; Hab 2:20
fifty men: Kg2 2:17; Kg1 18:4, Kg1 18:13
to view afar off: Heb. in sight, or over against
his mantle: Την μηλωτην αυτου, 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 Kg2 1:8. Kg1 19:13, Kg1 19:19
were: Kg2 2:14; Exo 14:21, Exo 14:22; Jos 3:14-17; Psa 114:5-7; Isa 11:15; Heb 11:29; Rev 16:12
Ask what: Kg2 13:14-19; Num 27:16-23; Deu 34:9; Ch1 29:18, Ch1 29:19; Psa 72:1, Psa 72:20; Luk 24:45-51; Joh 17:9-13; Act 1:8, Act 8:17, Act 20:25-36
Elisha said: Num 11:17, Num 11:25; Kg1 3:9; Ch2 1:9, Ch2 1:10; Joh 14:12-14, Joh 16:7; Co1 12:31
a double portion: 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. Num 27:20; Deu 21:17; Zac 9:12, Zac 12:8; Ti1 5:17
Thou hast: Mar 11:22-24; Joh 16:24
asked a hard thing: Heb. done hard in asking
if thou see: Kg2 2:12; Act 1:9, Act 1:10
Kg2 6:17; Psa 68:17, Psa 104:3, Psa 104:4; Ezek. 1:4-28, Eze 10:9-22; Hab 3:8; Zac 3:8; Zac 6:1-8; Heb 1:14
by a whirlwind: Kg2 2:1
into heaven: Mar 16:19
saw it: Kg2 2:10
My father: Kg2 13:14; Job 22:30; Pro 11:11; Ecc 7:19, Ecc 9:16-18; Isa 37:4, Isa 37:15, Isa 37:21; Act 27:24
he saw him: Pro 30:4; Mar 16:19; Luk 2:15, Luk 24:51; Joh 3:13; Act 1:9; Co2 5:2, Co2 5:4; Eph 4:8; Rev 11:12
rent them: Job 1:20, Job 1:21; Isa 57:1, Isa 57:2; Act 8:2
the mantle: Kg2 2:8; Kg1 19:19
bank: Heb. lip, Kg1 9:26
smote: Kg2 2:8-10; Jos 1:1-9; Mar 16:20; Joh 14:12; Act 2:33, Act 3:12, Act 3:13
Where is: Jdg 6:13; Kg1 18:36-39; Psa 42:2, Psa 42:10, Psa 115:2; Joe 2:17
to view: Kg2 2:7
The spirit: Num 11:25-29, Num 27:20; Jos 3:7; Isa 11:2, Isa 59:21; Joh 15:26, Joh 15:27; Act 1:8; Co2 12:9; Pe1 4:14
bowed: Kg2 2:19, Kg2 4:1-4, Kg2 4:37, Kg2 6:1-7; Jos 4:14
strong men: Heb. sons of strength
the Spirit: Kg1 18:12; Eze 3:14, Eze 8:3, Eze 11:24, Eze 40:2; Act 8:39; Co2 12:2, Co2 12:3
some mountain: Heb. one of the mountains
they urged: Sa2 18:22, Sa2 18:23; Luk 11:8; Rom 10:2
found him not: Heb 11:5
my Lord seeth: Num 12:11; Kg1 18:7, Kg1 18:13; Ti1 5:17
the water: Exo 7:19, Exo 15:23; Jos 6:17, Jos 6:26; Kg1 16:34
barren: Heb. causing to miscarry, Exo 23:26; Deu 28:2-4, Deu 28:11, Deu 28:15-18; Hos 9:14
salt therein: Jdg 9:45; Eze 47:11; Zep 2:9
cast: Kg2 4:41, Kg2 6:6; Exo 15:25, Exo 15:26; Lev 2:13; Mat 5:11; Mar 9:50; Joh 9:6
I have healed: Eze 47:8-11; Co1 1:18-28; Rev 22:2, Rev 22:3
there shall: Psa 107:33-38; Rev 21:4
Bethel: Kg1 12:28-32; Hos 4:15, Hos 10:5, Hos 10:15; Amo 3:14, Amo 4:4, Amo 5:5, Amo 7:13
little children: 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. Job 19:18, Job 30:1, 8-31; Pro 20:11, Pro 22:6, Pro 22:15; Ecc 11:10; Isa 1:4, Isa 3:5; Jer 7:18
mocked: Gen 21:9; Ch2 36:16; Job 30:1, Job 30:8, Job 30:9; Psa 35:15; Isa 57:3, Isa 57:4; Gal 4:29; Heb 11:36
Go up: Kg2 2:11; Mat 27:29-31, Mat 27:40-43
cursed them: Kg2 1:10-12; Gen 9:25; Deu 28:15-26; Jdg 9:20, Jdg 9:57; Jer 28:16, Jer 29:21-23; Lam 3:65; Amo 7:17; Mar 11:14, Mar 11:21; Act 5:5, Act 5:9, Act 8:20, Act 13:9-11; Co2 10:6
she bears: Sa2 17:8; Pro 17:12, Pro 28:15; Hos 13:8