2 Kings 13:20 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 13:20

And Elisha died and was buried. Now the Moabite raiders used to come into the land every spring.

BSB

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ASV

And Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

KJV

And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

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Commentary

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Moabites invaded - The mentioning this immediately on the death of Elisha intimates, that the removal of God's faithful prophets, is a presage of judgments approaching.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֥מָת	vai.Ya.mot	and he died	H4191 →
אֱלִישָׁ֖ע	'e.li.Sha'	Elisha	H477 →
וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֑הוּ	vai.yik.be.Ru.hu	and people buried him	H6912 →
וּגְדוּדֵ֥י	u.ge.du.Dei	and [the] marauding bands of	H1416 →
מוֹאָ֛ב	mo.'Av	Moab	H4124 →
יָבֹ֥אוּ	ya.Vo.'u	they came	H935 →
בָאָ֖רֶץ	va.'A.retz	in the land	H776 →
בָּ֥א	ba'	coming	H935 →
שָׁנָֽה׃	sha.Nah	a year	H8141 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Kings 24:2
And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.
leads to
- Jeremiah 35:11
  So when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched into the land, we said: ‘Come, let us go into Jerusalem to escape the armies of the Chaldeans and the Arameans.’ So we have remained in Jerusalem.”
- 2 Kings 23:27
  For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My…
- 2 Kings 21:12–14
  this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it.
Through
2 Kings 3:7
And he sent a message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” “I will go,” replied Jehoshaphat. “I am…
leads to
- 1 Kings 22:4
  So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
Through
2 Kings 3:5
But after the death of Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
leads to
- 2 Kings 1:1
  After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.
Through
2 Kings 6:23
So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come…
leads to
- 2 Kings 5:2
  At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife.
- 2 Kings 24:2
  And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.
Through
Judges 3:12
Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 12:9
  But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of…