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2 Kings 2

2 Kings 2:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he took
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
the mantle
'addereth (Hebrew #155)
something ample (as a large vine, a wide dress); also the same as 145
KJV usage: garment, glory, goodly, mantle, robe.
Pronounce: ad-deh'-reth
Origin: feminine of 117
of Elijah
'Eliyah (Hebrew #452)
from 410 and 3050; God of Jehovah; Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites
KJV usage: Elijah, Eliah.
Pronounce: ay-lee-yaw'
Origin: or prolonged tEliyahuw {ay-lee-yaw'-hoo}
that fell
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
from him, and smote
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
the waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
, and said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Where is the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
of Elijah
'Eliyah (Hebrew #452)
from 410 and 3050; God of Jehovah; Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites
KJV usage: Elijah, Eliah.
Pronounce: ay-lee-yaw'
Origin: or prolonged tEliyahuw {ay-lee-yaw'-hoo}
? and when he also had smitten
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
the waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
g, they parted
chatsah (Hebrew #2673)
to cut or split in two; to halve
KJV usage: divide, X live out half, reach to the midst, participle
Pronounce: khaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2086))
hither and thither: and Elisha
'Eliysha` (Hebrew #477)
Elisha, the famous prophet
KJV usage: Elisha.
Pronounce: el-ee-shaw'
Origin: contracted for 474.
went over
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
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2 Kings 2:8• 8And Elijah took his mantle and wrapped it together and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither so that they two went over on dry ground. (2 Kings 2:8)

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Ministry on This Verse

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2 Kings 2:8‑10• 8And Elijah took his mantle and wrapped it together and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither so that they two went over on dry ground.
 9And it came to pass when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
 10And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing, nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. (2 Kings 2:8‑10)
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Josh. 1:1‑9• 1{i}And it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' attendant, saying{/i},
 2{i}Moses my servant is dead;{/i} now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
 3Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
 4From the wilderness and this Lebanon to the great river, the river Euphrates{i}, the whole land of the Hittites, to the great sea, toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border{/i}.
 5There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
 6Be strong and of a good courage; for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
 7Only be thou strong and very courageous, {i}that thou mayest take heed to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded thee. Turn not from it to the right or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest{/i}.
 8This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
 9Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. (Josh. 1:1‑9)
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Mark 16:20• 20And they went forth and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the signs following. [Amen.] (Mark 16:20)
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John 14:12• 12Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believeth on me, the works which I do shall he do also; and greater things than these shall he do; because I go unto the Father. (John 14:12)
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Acts 2:33• 33Having therefore been exalted by the right hand of God and received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he poured forth this which ye see and hear. (Acts 2:33)
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Acts 3:12‑13• 12And Peter seeing [it] answered unto the people, Men of Israel, why marvel ye at this [man]? or why gaze ye at us as though by [our] own power and piety we had made him to walk?
 13The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, did glorify his servant Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied before Pilate's face, when he decided to release [him]. (Acts 3:12‑13)
Where is.
Judg. 6:13• 13And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if Jehovah be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Jehovah bring us up from Egypt? but now Jehovah hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. (Judg. 6:13)
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1 Kings 18:36‑39• 36And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Jehovah God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
 37Hear me, O Jehovah, hear me, that this people may know that thou art Jehovah God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
 38Then the fire of Jehovah fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
 39And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, Jehovah, he is the God; Jehovah, he is the God. (1 Kings 18:36‑39)
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Psa. 42:2,10• 2My soul hath thirsted for God, for the living God:{HR}When shall I come and appear before God?
 10With a sword in my bones mine oppressors have reproached me,{HR}When they say all the day unto me, Where is thy God? (Psa. 42:2,10)
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Psa. 115:2• 2Why should the nations say,{HR}Where pray [is] their God? (Psa. 115:2)
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Joel 2:17• 17Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Jehovah, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where [is] their God? (Joel 2:17)
• It is always to Christ that the Spirit bears witness. Elisha experiences the power of Elijah’s name over death, not of his own name. He begins again the history of Israel at the place where Elijah had passed over, not at the beginning (Gilgal) but at the end of his course. (“Elisha, or Christ in the Spirit: 2 Kings 2:13-25” by H.L. Rossier)
• Death is powerless before the power of the Spirit of life in Elisha. By the Spirit, as conqueror over death, he recommences the history of the new Israel. It is no longer a people in the flesh who are entering Canaan in order to be rejected at last; it is a new man returning to the people in the power of the Spirit of Christ, the conqueror over death, a new man about to bring to the sons of the prophets, then to the nation, and still later to Gentiles (Naaman) the fruits of this victory and deliverance. (“Elisha, or Christ in the Spirit: 2 Kings 2:13-25” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and he took the mantle of Elijah which had fallen from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is Jehovah, the God of Elijah? He alsoa smote the waters, and they parted hither and thither, and Elisha went over.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "Even he." or "Yea, he (Jehovah)."

W. Kelly Translation

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And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters and said, Where is Jehovah God of Elijah? And when he also had smitten the waters they parted hither and thither; and Elisha went over.