2 Kings 2:25

25 Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and then returned to Samaria.

2 Kings 2:25 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 2:25

And he went from thence to Mount Carmel
Where Elijah used to frequent, and where also there might be a school of the prophets; this, according to Bunting F1, was fifty six miles from Bethel:

and from thence he returned to Samaria;
the capital of the kingdom of Israel; there to bear his testimony against idolatry, to reprove for it, and reclaim from it; this, as the same writer says F2, was thirty two miles from Carmel.


FOOTNOTES:

F1 Travels p. 206.
F2 Ibid.

2 Kings 2:25 In-Context

23 Another time, Elisha was on his way to Bethel and some little kids came out from the town and taunted him, "What's up, old baldhead! Out of our way, skinhead!"
24 Elisha turned, took one look at them, and cursed them in the name of God. Two bears charged out of the underbrush and knocked them about, ripping them limb from limb - forty-two children in all!
25 Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and then returned to Samaria.
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