2 Kings 13:20
in 2 Kings 13And Elisha died and was buried. Now the Moabite raiders used to come into the land every spring.
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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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This verse in 2 Kings 13
Commentary
7 notes on this verseMoabites 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.
This site's exposition
the bands of the Moabites
on 2 Kings 13:20-21
Elisha dies and is buried, and Wesley reads the Moabite raid that follows at the coming in of the year as judgment moving in where a faithful prophet's protection has been removed. A corpse thrown hastily into Elisha's own sepulchre touches the prophet's bones and stands up alive, the last of his miracles worked without a word from his mouth. The bench reads it as the seal on a lifetime of the LORD's power resting on him, power the grave itself could not hold back.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
His disciples, the sons of the prophets, buried him. It seems that Joash accompanied him to his grave, because he had stayed beside him at the time of his illness and had showed a deep love for him, weeping before him and composing lamentations for …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Which is noted to intimate, that the Israelites were not conquered, because of the cowardice of their king, but merely from the righteous judgment of God, who was now resolved to reckon with them for their apostacy. Fallen sick, &c. - He lived long: for it was sixty years since he was first called to be a prophet.
And Elisha died, and they buried him,.... In Samaria.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
And Elisha died - The two prophets, Elijah and Elisha, were both most extraordinary men. Of the former, it is difficult to say whether he was a man, or an angel in a human body. The arguments for this latter opinion are strong, the objections against it very feeble. His being fed by an angel is no proof that he was not an angel incarnate, for God manifest in the flesh was fed by the same ministry. Of him the following from Ecclesiasticus (chap. 48:1-11) is a nervous character: -
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The bands of the Moabites invaded the land - The Moabites had been increasing in strength ever since their revolt from Ahaziah 2Ki 1:1. The defeat which they suffered at the hands of Jehoram and Jehoshaphat 2Ki 3:24 did not affect their subjugation. They spread themselves into the country north of the Arnon Isa 16:2, and thence proceeded to make plundering expeditious year by year into Samaria, in Spring. This was the natural season for incursions, as then in Palestine the crops began to be ripe.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֥מָת | vaiyamot | and he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
| אֱלִישָׁ֖ע | ʾelisha' | Elisha | H477 → | 58 times |
| וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֑הוּ | vaiyikberuhu | and people buried him | H6912 → | 133 times |
| וּגְדוּדֵ֥י | ugedudei | and [the] marauding bands of | H1416 → | 33 times |
| מוֹאָ֛ב | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| יָבֹ֥אוּ | yavou | they came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בָאָ֖רֶץ | vaaretz | in the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| בָּ֥א | ba' | coming | H935 → | 2568 times |
| שָׁנָֽה׃ | shanah | a year | H8141 → | 877 times |
וַיָּ֥מָתand he died
vaiyamotH4191 →839 times
אֱלִישָׁ֖עElisha
ʾelisha'H477 →58 times
וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֑הוּand people buried him
vaiyikberuhuH6912 →133 times
וּגְדוּדֵ֥יand [the] marauding bands of
ugedudeiH1416 →33 times
מוֹאָ֛בMoab
moavH4124 →181 times
יָבֹ֥אוּthey came
yavouH935 →2568 times
בָאָ֖רֶץin the land
vaaretzH776 →2504 times
בָּ֥אcoming
ba'H935 →2568 times
שָׁנָֽה׃a year
shanahH8141 →877 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Kings 24:2And 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.
it 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.
- Jeremiah 35:11
Through
2 Kings 3:7And 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…
it 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.”
- 1 Kings 22:4
Through
2 Kings 3:5But after the death of Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 1:1
After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.
- 2 Kings 1:1
Through
2 Kings 6:23So 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…
it 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.
- 2 Kings 5:2
Through
Judges 3:12Once 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.
it 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…
- 1 Samuel 12:9
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 13:20; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.