2 Kings 2:14

Contextual Overview

¹³picked up the mantle that had fallen off Elijah, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. ¹³ He took up also the mantle of Eliyah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Yarden. ¹³ He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; ¹³ And he took up the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. ¹³ He picked up Elijah's coat that had fallen from him. Then he returned and stood on the bank of the Jordan. ¹³ He picked up Elijah's cloak, which had fallen off him, and went back and stood on the shore of the Jordan. ¹³He picked up the mantle of Elijah that fell off him, and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan. ¹³ He also took up the coat of Elijah that had fallen from him, and he went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan. ¹³ He tooke vp also the cloke of Eliiah that fell from him, and returned, and stoode by the banke of Iorden. ¹³He also took up the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and returned and stood by the bank of the Jordan.

Bible Verse Review
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smote: 2 Kings 2:8-10, Joshua 1:1-9, Mark 16:20, John 14:12, Acts 2:33, Acts 3:12, Acts 3:13

Where is: Judges 6:13, 1 Kings 18:36-39, Psalms 42:2, Psalms 42:10, Psalms 115:2, Joel 2:17

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:12 - O Lord 1 Samuel 28:14 - a mantle 1 Kings 19:19 - his mantle 2 Kings 3:12 - The word 2 Kings 4:29 - take my 2 Kings 5:12 - better 2 Kings 8:4 - all the great Psalms 74:15 - flood Jeremiah 2:6 - Where Hosea 9:8 - with Zechariah 10:11 - smite

Cross-References

Genesis 10:11
Out of that land he went forth into Ashshur, and built Nineveh, Rechovot-Ir, Kelach,

Genesis 10:11
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

Genesis 10:11
From that land he went out to Assyria, and he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

Genesis 10:11
From there he went to Assyria, where he built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, and Calah.

Genesis 10:11
From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

Genesis 10:11
From that land Nimrod went to Assyria, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,

Genesis 10:11
From that land he went to Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

Genesis 10:11
Out of that land came Asshur, and builded Niniueh, and the citie Rehoboth, and Calah:

Genesis 10:11
From that land he went out to Assyria and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-Ir and Calah,

Genesis 10:11
Ashur went out from that land and built Ninveh, the city Rechovot, Kelach,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters,.... He wrapped it together, as Elijah had done, and smote the waters in like manner, to make trial whether he had the same spirit and power conferred on him:

and said, where is the Lord God of Elijah? let him appear now, and show his power as he did by him; he knew the mantle would not do without the Lord, and the exertion of his might:

and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither; as when Elijah smote them. The words "aph-hu", rendered "he also", is left untranslated by the Septuagint, and is interpreted by Theodoret n "hidden". They stand immediately after "the God of Elijah", and may be rendered, "yea he", even he himself; meaning not Elijah, as if he was inquired after, or was present and smote the waters; but rather, as we and others, Elisha, even he also smote the waters; though some take it to be the name of God, as "Hu" was, and is with the Arabs to this day, :-. Athanasius o interprets it of God, "Appho"; and so Elisha calls him by his title and attribute, "Aph-hu": but the words may be an answer to the prophet's question, "where is the Lord God of Elijah?" here he is, even he himself, in the faith of which the water, being smitten, parted; and with this agrees Abarbinel's note on the text; the meaning is, though we are deprived of Elijah, yet not of the providence of God; and though the servant is wanting, the Lord or master is not; for even he, the blessed God, is in his room, and his excellency is as it was before; which sense is approved of by Frischmuth p

and Elisha went over; the river Jordan, as on dry land.

n Apud Flamin. Nobil. in loc. So Suidas in voce απφω. o De Commun. Essent. Patris, &c. vol. 1. p. 374. See Weemse of the Moral Law, l. 1. c. 7. p. 162. p Dissert. de Eliae Nomine, &c. sect. 11, 12.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Where ... - Some prefer, “Where is the Lord God of Elijah, even he? And when he had smitten, etc.” Or, according to others, “now when he, etc.” Elisha’s smiting of the waters seems to have been tentative. He was not sure of its result. Hence, the form of his invocation - “Where is the Lord God of Elijah? Is He here - i. e. - with me, or is He not?” Answered by the event, he appears never subsequently to have doubted.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 2:14. Where is the Lord God of Elijah? — The Vulgate gives a strange turn to this verse:

Et percussit aquas, et non sunt divisae; et dixu, Ubi est Deus Eliae etiam nunc? Percussitque aquas, et divisae sunt huc et illuc.

"And he smote the waters, but they did not divide; and he said, Where is the God of Elijah even now? And he struck the waters and they were divided hither and thither."

The act of striking the waters seems to be twice repeated in the verse, though we get rid of the second striking by rendering the second clause, when he also had smitten the waters: which has the same Hebrew words as the first, and which we translate, he smote the waters. The Vulgate supposes he smote once in vain, perhaps confiding too much in his own strength; and then, having invoked the God of Elijah, he succeeded. This distinction is not followed by any of the other versions; nor is the clause, et non sunt divisae, "and they divided not," expressed by the Hebrew text.