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2 Kings 2:14 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 2 · verse 14
And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.2 Kings 2:14 · King James Version
2 Kings 2:14 in context
12And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
13He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
14And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
15And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
16And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- mantleʼadderethsomething ampleH155 →
- ElijahʼÊlîyâhElijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other IsraelitesH452 →
- watersmayimwaterH4325 →
- partedchâtsâhto cut or split in twoH2673 →
- smotenâkâhto strikeH5221 →
- tooklâqachto takeH3947 →
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We have here an account of what followed immediately after the translation of Elijah. I. The tokens of God's presence with Elisha, and the marks of his elevation into Elijah's room, to be, as he had been, a father to the sons of the prophets, and the chariots and horsemen of Israel. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-18