2 Kings 2:25

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

2 Kings 2:25 in Other Translations

KJV
25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
ESV
25 From there he went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
NLT
25 From there Elisha went to Mount Carmel and finally returned to Samaria.
MSG
25 Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and then returned to Samaria.
CSB
25 From there Elisha went to Mount Carmel, and then he 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 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!”
24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
25 And he went on to Mount Carmel and from there returned to Samaria.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S 1 Kings 18:20; 2 Kings 4:25
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