2 Kings 2:25
in 2 Kings 2And Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
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ASV
And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
KJV
And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
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This verse in 2 Kings 2
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd 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 (a), 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 (b), was thirty two miles from Carmel. (a) Travels, &c. p. 206. (b) Ibid.
This site's exposition
he went from thence to mount Carmel
The chapter closes with two place names doing quiet work: Carmel, where Elijah had made his stand against Baal's prophets and where Elisha will later keep his own gatherings (2 Ki 4:23-25), and Samaria, the kingdom's capital, where his public ministry now properly begins. Elisha's road from Gilgal to the Jordan and back has carried him through every station of Elijah's own ministry before he ever performs a miracle beyond the river, so that his authority rests on retracing his master's ground before he adds anything of his own. The next chapter opens on the throne itself, and this one has spent its last verse simply getting the new prophet there.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), where it is probable there was a religious house fit for retirement and contemplation. Thence he returned to Samaria, where, being a public place, this father of the prophets might be most serviceable. Bishop Hall observes here, "That he can never be a profitable seer who is either always or never alone."
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This revolution in prophecy makes a greater figure than the revolution of a kingdom. 1 And it came to pass, when the L ORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Carmel - Where Elisha held gatherings for religious purposes 2Ki 4:23-25 during one period of his life, if he did not actually reside there.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| מִשָּׁ֖ם | misham | from there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַ֣ר | har | [the] mountain of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| הַכַּרְמֶ֑ל | hakarmel | <the> Carmel | H3760 → | |
| וּמִשָּׁ֖ם | umisham | and from there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| שָׁ֥ב | shav | he returned | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃ פ | shomeron | Samaria | H8111 → | 109 times |
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְand he went
vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times
מִשָּׁ֖םfrom there
mishamH8033 →834 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַ֣ר[the] mountain of
harH2022 →546 times
הַכַּרְמֶ֑ל<the> Carmel
hakarmelH3760 →
וּמִשָּׁ֖םand from there
umishamH8033 →834 times
שָׁ֥בhe returned
shavH7725 →1056 times
שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃ פSamaria
shomeronH8111 →109 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
1 Kings 18:42So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.
it leads to
- Luke 6:12
In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.
- Joshua 7:6
Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.
- Mark 14:35
Going a little farther, He fell to the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour would pass from Him.
- 1 Kings 18:19–20
Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
- 2 Samuel 12:16
David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.
- Luke 6:12
Through
2 Kings 4:25So she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there is the…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 18:42
So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.
- Isaiah 35:2
It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the…
- 1 Kings 18:19
Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
- 1 Kings 18:42
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonDivided kingdomElishaElijah's successor with the firstborn's double portion; the prophet of the healed spring, the widow's oil, the Shunammite's son, N…
- PlaceThe northern hill countrySamariaThe hill Omri bought and built his capital on, where Ahab raised a temple to Baal, where the four lepers found the Aramean camp em…
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
