2 Kings 4:1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha This, according to the Targum, was the wife of Obadia...
2 Kings 2:23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel From Jericho, which lay in a plain, to Bethel, situated on an hill, and therefore is said to go up...
Bethel [E](the house of God ) well known city and holy place of central Palestine, about 12 mlles north of Jerusalem. If we are to accept the precise...
CHAPTER 8 - ELISHA THE PROPHET Return to Jericho - Acknowledgment by the Sons of the Prophets - Healing of the Waters of Jericho - Judgment on the You...
1 Samuel 19:24 And he stripped off his clothes also Not all his clothes, but his upper garments, as men in such circumstances used to do, as the proph...
Chapter?4 Elisha multiplies the widow's oil. (1-7) The Shunammite obtains a son. (8-17) The Shunammite's son restored to life. (18-37) The miracle of...
Chapter?2In this chapter we have, I. That extraordinary event, the translation of Elijah. In the close of the foregoing chapter we had a wicked king l...
Chapter 4Great service Elisha had done, in the foregoing chapter, for the three kings: to his prayers and prophecies they owed their lives and triumph...
1 Samuel 10:5 After that thou shall come to the hill of God The Targum is, the hill in which was the ark of the Lord, and that was in the house of Abi...
SON; SONS sun, sunz: (1) In Biblical language the word son is used first of all in its strictly literal sense of male issue or offspring of a man or ...
Jericho [N] [E] [H](place of fragrance ), a city of high antiquity, situated in a plain traversed by the Jordan, and exactly over against where that ...
Chapter?6In this chapter we have, I. A further account of the wondrous works of Elisha. 1. His making iron to swim (v.?1-7). His disclosing to the kin...
The Book of 2?KingsChapter 2Chapter Overview: Elisha keeps close to Elijah, and walks with him through Jordan, ver. 1 - 8. Elijah is taken up, and ...
Isaiah 8:18 Behold, I, and the children whom the Lord hath given me, &c.] These are the words of Christ, as is clear from ( Hebrews 2:13 ) who, upon t...
The Book of 2?KingsChapter 22Chapter Overview: The general character of Josiah, ver. 1, 2. He repairs the temple, ver. 3 - 7. The high - priest bri...
CHAPTER 4 2?Kings 4:1-7 . ELISHA AUGMENTS THE WIDOW'S OIL. 1. there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets--They were...
object in view during their journey, namely, to see the real condition and character of God's ancient people, and to observe whatever might contribute...
The Book of 1?SamuelChapter 9Chapter Overview: A short account of Saul, ver. 1, 2. Seeking his father's asses, he is advised to consult Samuel, ver....
Elisha [N] [E] [H](God his salvation ), son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah; the attendant and disciple of Elijan, and subsequently his successor as proph...
CHAPTER 12 Two Wonderful Manifestations of God's Presence with His Prophet: The Interposition on behalf of the Sons of the Prophets by the banks of Jo...