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2 Kings 2

2 Kings 2:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it came to pass, when they were gone 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
, that 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}
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
unto Elisha
'Eliysha` (Hebrew #477)
Elisha, the famous prophet
KJV usage: Elisha.
Pronounce: el-ee-shaw'
Origin: contracted for 474.
, Ask
sha'al (Hebrew #7592)
a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
KJV usage: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, X earnestly, enquire, + greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, + salute, X straitly, X surely, wish.
Pronounce: shaw-al'
Origin: or shael {shaw-ale'}
what I shall do
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
for thee, before I be taken away
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
from thee. And Elisha
'Eliysha` (Hebrew #477)
Elisha, the famous prophet
KJV usage: Elisha.
Pronounce: el-ee-shaw'
Origin: contracted for 474.
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
, I pray thee, lety a double
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
portion
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
of thy spirit
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
be upon me.
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Num. 27:20• 20And thou shalt put of thine honour upon him, that the whole assembly of the children of Israel may obey him. (Num. 27:20)

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Ask what.
2 Kings 13:14‑19• 14And Elisha fell sick of his sickness in which he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over his face, and said, My father, my father! the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof!
 15And Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows. And he took a bow and arrows.
 16And he said to the king of Israel, Put thy hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it; and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands,
 17and said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. And Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, An arrow of Jehovah's deliverance, even an arrow of deliverance from the Syrians; and thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou hast consumed them.
 18And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
 19And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then wouldest thou have smitten the Syrians till thou hadst consumed them; whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice. (2 Kings 13:14‑19)
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Num. 27:16‑23• 16Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the assembly,
 17who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in, that the assembly of Jehovah be not as sheep that have no shepherd.
 18And Jehovah said to Moses, Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and thou shalt lay thy hand upon him;
 19and thou shalt set him before Eleazar the priest, and before the whole assembly; and give him commandment before their eyes.
 20And thou shalt put of thine honour upon him, that the whole assembly of the children of Israel may obey him.
 21And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him, by the judgment of the Urim before Jehovah: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, he, and all the children of Israel with him, even the whole assembly.
 22And Moses did as Jehovah had commanded him; and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before the whole assembly.
 23And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him commandment, as Jehovah had said through Moses. (Num. 27:16‑23)
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Deut. 34:9• 9And Joshua the son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands upon him; and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as Jehovah had commanded Moses. (Deut. 34:9)
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1 Chron. 29:18‑19• 18Jehovah, God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and direct their hearts to thee!
 19And give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision. (1 Chron. 29:18‑19)
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Psa. 72:1,20• 1For Solomon. O God, give the king thy judgments, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
 20The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. (Psa. 72:1,20)
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Luke 24:45‑51• 45Then he opened their understanding to understand the scriptures,
 46and said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved the Christ to suffer, and to rise from among the dead the third day;
 47and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations beginning at Jerusalem.
 48And *ye* are witnesses of these things.
 49And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but do ye remain in the city till ye be clothed with power from on high.
 50And he led them out as far as Bethany, and having lifted up his hands, he blessed them.
 51And it came to pass as he was blessing them, he was separated from them and was carried up into heaven. (Luke 24:45‑51)
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John 17:9‑13• 9I demand concerning them; I do not demand concerning the world, but concerning those whom thou hast given me, for they are thine,
 10(and all that is mine is thine, and all that is thine mine,) and I am glorified in them.
 11And I am no longer in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one as we.
 12When I was with them I kept them in thy name; those thou hast given me I have guarded, and not one of them has perished, but the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.
 13And now I come to thee. And these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in them. (John 17:9‑13)
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Acts 1:8• 8but ye will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. (Acts 1:8)
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Acts 8:17• 17Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Spirit. (Acts 8:17)
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Acts 20:25‑36• 25And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
 26Wherefore I witness to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all,
 27for I have not shrunk from announcing to you all the counsel of God.
 28Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, wherein the Holy Spirit has set you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which he has purchased with the blood of his own.
 29For *I* know this, that there will come in amongst you after my departure grievous wolves, not sparing the flock;
 30and from among your own selves shall rise up men speaking perverted things to draw away the disciples after them.
 31Wherefore watch, remembering that for three years, night and day, I ceased not admonishing each one of you with tears.
 32And now I commit you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and give to you an inheritance among all the sanctified.
 33I have coveted the silver or gold or clothing of no one.
 34Yourselves know that these hands have ministered to my wants, and to those who were with me.
 35I have shewed you all things, that thus labouring we ought to come in aid of the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
 36And having said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all. (Acts 20:25‑36)
Elisha said.
Num. 11:17,25• 17And I will come down and talk with thee there; and I will take of the Spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, and thou shalt not bear it alone.
 25And Jehovah came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy men, the elders; and it came to pass, that when the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did not repeat it. (Num. 11:17,25)
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1 Kings 3:9• 9Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad; for who is able to judge this thy numerous people? (1 Kings 3:9)
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2 Chron. 1:9‑10• 9Now, Jehovah Elohim, let thy word unto David my father be firm; for thou hast made me king over a people numerous as the dust of the earth.
 10Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this thy great people? (2 Chron. 1:9‑10)
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John 14:12‑14• 12Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believes on me, the works which I do shall he do also, and he shall do greater than these, because I go to the Father.
 13And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, this will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
 14If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it. (John 14:12‑14)
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John 16:7• 7But I say the truth to you, It is profitable for you that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I go I will send him to you. (John 16:7)
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1 Cor. 12:31• 31But desire earnestly the greater gifts, and yet shew I unto you a way of more surpassing excellence. (1 Cor. 12:31)
a double portion.This probably refers to the law respecting the first-born, who had a double portion of the property of his father.
As Elisha may have considered himself as the first-born of Elijah, so he requested a double portion of his spiritual influence.
Num. 27:20• 20And thou shalt put of thine honour upon him, that the whole assembly of the children of Israel may obey him. (Num. 27:20)
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Deut. 21:17• 17but he shall acknowledge as firstborn the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that is found with him; for he is the firstfruits of his vigour: the right of the firstborn is his. (Deut. 21:17)
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Zech. 9:12• 12Turn again to the stronghold, prisoners of hope! even to-day do I declare I will render double unto thee. (Zech. 9:12)
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Zech. 12:8• 8In that day will Jehovah defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that stumbleth among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David as God, as the Angel of Jehovah before them. (Zech. 12:8)
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1 Tim. 5:17• 17Let the elders who take the lead among the saints well be esteemed worthy of double honour, specially those labouring in word and teaching; (1 Tim. 5:17)
• The testimony entrusted to Elisha has, as we have already suggested, a double character corresponding to the double gift of Elijah’s mantle (1 Kings 19:19; 2 Kings 2:13) —a character of judgment similar to that which his master, a prophet of the law, had exercised here below, judgment which Christ Himself will not execute until the end of the time of the gospel’s grace; and a character of grace toward everyone who would be faithful in Israel, to bring back to these witnesses those whom their testimony will reach, and grace for the conversion of the Gentiles. (“Elisha, or Christ in the Spirit: 2 Kings 2:13-25” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it came to pass when they had gone over, that Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I am taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.