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title: "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge -  2 Kings 2"
description: "Overview  2 Kings 2:1, Elijah, taking his leave of Elisha, with his mantle divides Jordan; 2 Kings 2:9, and, granting Elisha his request, is taken up by"
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**Overview**
**** [2 Kings 2:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/1), Elijah, taking his leave of Elisha, with his mantle divides Jordan; [2 Kings 2:9](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/9), and, granting Elisha his request, is taken up by a fiery chariot into heaven; [2 Kings 2:12](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/12), Elisha, dividing Jordan with Elijah’s mantle, is acknowledged his successor; [2 Kings 2:16](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/16), The young prophets, hardly obtaining leave to seek Elijah, cannot find him; [2 Kings 2:19](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/19), Elisha with salt heals the unwholesome waters; [2 Kings 2:23](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/23), Bears destroy the children that mocked Elisha.

**take up:** [Genesis 5:24](../../../kjv/genesis/5/24), [1 Kings 19:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/4), [Luke 9:51](../../../kjv/luke/9/51), [Acts 1:9](../../../kjv/acts/1/9), [Hebrews 11:5](../../../kjv/hebrews/11/5), [Revelation 11:12](../../../kjv/revelation/11/12)
**by a whirlwind:** [1 Kings 18:12](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/12), [1 Kings 19:11](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/11), [Job 38:1](../../../kjv/job/38/1)
**Elisha:** [1 Kings 19:16-21](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/16-21)
**Gilgal:** [Joshua 4:19](../../../kjv/joshua/4/19), [Joshua 5:9](../../../kjv/joshua/5/9)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 31:46](../../../kjv/genesis/31/46) - an heap [2 Kings 2:11](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/11) - by a whirlwind [2 Kings 4:38](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/38) - Elisha [2 Chronicles 21:12](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/12) - a writing [Luke 2:15](../../../kjv/luke/2/15) - into

**Tarry here:** [Ruth 1:15](../../../kjv/ruth/1/15), [Ruth 1:16](../../../kjv/ruth/1/16), [2 Samuel 15:19](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/19), [2 Samuel 15:20](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/20), [John 6:67](../../../kjv/john/6/67), [John 6:68](../../../kjv/john/6/68)
**As the Lord:** [2 Kings 2:4](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/4), [2 Kings 2:6](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/6), [2 Kings 4:30](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/30), [1 Samuel 1:26](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/26), [1 Samuel 17:55](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/55), [1 Samuel 25:26](../../../kjv/1-samuel/25/26), [Jeremiah 4:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/4/2)
**I will not:** [Ruth 1:16-18](../../../kjv/ruth/1/16-18), [2 Samuel 15:21](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/21), [1 John 2:19](../../../kjv/1-john/2/19)
**Bethel:** [Genesis 28:19](../../../kjv/genesis/28/19), [1 Kings 12:29](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/29), [1 Kings 12:33](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/33), [1 Kings 13:1](../../../kjv/1-kings/13/1), [1 Kings 13:2](../../../kjv/1-kings/13/2)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Samuel 20:3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/20/3) - but truly [2 Samuel 14:19](../../../kjv/2-samuel/14/19) - As thy soul [Amos 2:11](../../../kjv/amos/2/11) - I raised

**And the sons:** [2 Kings 2:5](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/5), [2 Kings 2:7](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/7), [2 Kings 2:15](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/15), [2 Kings 4:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/1), [2 Kings 4:38](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/38), [2 Kings 9:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/1), [1 Samuel 10:10-12](../../../kjv/1-samuel/10/10-12), [1 Samuel 19:20](../../../kjv/1-samuel/19/20), [1 Kings 18:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/4), [1 Kings 20:35](../../../kjv/1-kings/20/35), [Isaiah 8:18](../../../kjv/isaiah/8/18)
**thy master:** [Deuteronomy 33:3](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/33/3), [Acts 22:3](../../../kjv/acts/22/3)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Samuel 10:5](../../../kjv/1-samuel/10/5) - a company [1 Kings 19:21](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/21) - ministered [2 Kings 5:22](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/22) - the sons [2 Kings 6:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/1) - the sons [Psalms 74:8](../../../kjv/psalms/74/8) - all the synagogues [Amos 7:14](../../../kjv/amos/7/14) - neither [1 Corinthians 14:32](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/14/32) - *General*

**Jericho:** [Joshua 6:26](../../../kjv/joshua/6/26), [1 Kings 16:34](../../../kjv/1-kings/16/34), [Luke 19:1](../../../kjv/luke/19/1)
**As the Lord:** [2 Kings 2:2](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/2), [2 Kings 4:30](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/30), [Acts 2:42](../../../kjv/acts/2/42), [Acts 11:23](../../../kjv/acts/11/23)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Samuel 1:26](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/26) - as thy soul [1 Samuel 20:3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/20/3) - but truly [2 Samuel 15:21](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/21) - As the Lord

**the sons:** i.e. as the Targumist renders, talmeedey neveeya, "disciples of the prophets,"
**thy master:** [2 Kings 2:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/3), [Joshua 1:1](../../../kjv/joshua/1/1), [Joshua 1:2](../../../kjv/joshua/1/2), [Luke 24:51](../../../kjv/luke/24/51), [John 17:5-7](../../../kjv/john/17/5-7), [Acts 1:2](../../../kjv/acts/1/2), [Acts 1:11](../../../kjv/acts/1/11), [Acts 26:25](../../../kjv/acts/26/25)
**I know it:** [Genesis 48:19](../../../kjv/genesis/48/19), [Ecclesiastes 3:7](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/3/7), [Isaiah 41:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/41/1), [Habakkuk 2:20](../../../kjv/habakkuk/2/20)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Samuel 10:5](../../../kjv/1-samuel/10/5) - a company [1 Kings 20:35](../../../kjv/1-kings/20/35) - of the sons [2 Kings 4:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/1) - sons [Psalms 74:8](../../../kjv/psalms/74/8) - all the synagogues [Amos 7:14](../../../kjv/amos/7/14) - neither [1 Corinthians 14:32](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/14/32) - *General* [Revelation 11:12](../../../kjv/revelation/11/12) - and their

**Reciprocal:** [1 Samuel 1:26](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/26) - as thy soul [1 Samuel 20:3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/20/3) - but truly [2 Samuel 15:21](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/21) - As the Lord [2 Kings 2:2](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/2) - As the Lord [2 Chronicles 7:12](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/7/12) - an house of sacrifice [Zechariah 8:23](../../../kjv/zechariah/8/23) - We will

**fifty men:** [2 Kings 2:17](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/17), [1 Kings 18:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/4), [1 Kings 18:13](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/13)
**to view afar off:** Heb. in sight, or over against
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 20:35](../../../kjv/1-kings/20/35) - of the sons [2 Kings 2:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/3) - And the sons [2 Kings 2:15](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/15) - to view [Amos 7:14](../../../kjv/amos/7/14) - neither [Revelation 11:12](../../../kjv/revelation/11/12) - and their

**his mantle:** חם לחכשפחם בץפןץ, his sheep skin, says the Septuagint; the skins of sheep being formerly worn by prophets as the simple insignia of their office. See note on [2 Kings 1:8](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/8). [1 Kings 19:13](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/13), [1 Kings 19:19](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/19)
**were:** [2 Kings 2:14](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/14), [Exodus 14:21](../../../kjv/exodus/14/21), [Exodus 14:22](../../../kjv/exodus/14/22), [Joshua 3:14-17](../../../kjv/joshua/3/14-17), [Psalms 114:5-7](../../../kjv/psalms/114/5-7), [Isaiah 11:15](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/15), [Hebrews 11:29](../../../kjv/hebrews/11/29), [Revelation 16:12](../../../kjv/revelation/16/12)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 3:17](../../../kjv/joshua/3/17) - stood firm [1 Samuel 28:14](../../../kjv/1-samuel/28/14) - a mantle [2 Kings 2:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/13) - the mantle [2 Kings 4:29](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/29) - lay my staff [2 Kings 5:12](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/12) - better [Psalms 74:15](../../../kjv/psalms/74/15) - flood [Ezekiel 27:24](../../../kjv/ezekiel/27/24) - clothes [Zechariah 10:11](../../../kjv/zechariah/10/11) - smite

**Ask what:** [2 Kings 13:14-19](../../../kjv/2-kings/13/14-19), [Numbers 27:16-23](../../../kjv/numbers/27/16-23), [Deuteronomy 34:9](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/34/9), [1 Chronicles 29:18](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/29/18), [1 Chronicles 29:19](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/29/19), [Psalms 72:1](../../../kjv/psalms/72/1), [Psalms 72:20](../../../kjv/psalms/72/20), [Luke 24:45-51](../../../kjv/luke/24/45-51), [John 17:9-13](../../../kjv/john/17/9-13), [Acts 1:8](../../../kjv/acts/1/8), [Acts 8:17](../../../kjv/acts/8/17), [Acts 20:25-36](../../../kjv/acts/20/25-36)
**Elisha said:** [Numbers 11:17](../../../kjv/numbers/11/17), [Numbers 11:25](../../../kjv/numbers/11/25), [1 Kings 3:9](../../../kjv/1-kings/3/9), [2 Chronicles 1:9](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/1/9), [2 Chronicles 1:10](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/1/10), [John 14:12-14](../../../kjv/john/14/12-14), [John 16:7](../../../kjv/john/16/7), [1 Corinthians 12:31](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/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. [Numbers 27:20](../../../kjv/numbers/27/20), [Deuteronomy 21:17](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/21/17), [Zechariah 9:12](../../../kjv/zechariah/9/12), [Zechariah 12:8](../../../kjv/zechariah/12/8), [1 Timothy 5:17](../../../kjv/1-timothy/5/17)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 1:37](../../../kjv/1-kings/1/37) - and make [2 Kings 4:2](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/2) - What shall I [Proverbs 30:7](../../../kjv/proverbs/30/7) - have [Isaiah 61:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/61/7) - your shame [John 3:34](../../../kjv/john/3/34) - for God

**Thou hast:** [Mark 11:22-24](../../../kjv/mark/11/22-24), [John 16:24](../../../kjv/john/16/24)
**asked a hard thing:** Heb. done hard in asking
**if thou see:** [2 Kings 2:12](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/12), [Acts 1:9](../../../kjv/acts/1/9), [Acts 1:10](../../../kjv/acts/1/10)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 27:20](../../../kjv/numbers/27/20) - put some [2 Kings 20:10](../../../kjv/2-kings/20/10) - *General*

[2 Kings 6:17](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/17), [Psalms 68:17](../../../kjv/psalms/68/17), [Psalms 104:3](../../../kjv/psalms/104/3), [Psalms 104:4](../../../kjv/psalms/104/4), [Ezekiel 1:4-28](../../../kjv/ezekiel/1/4-28), [Ezekiel 10:9-22](../../../kjv/ezekiel/10/9-22), [Habakkuk 3:8](../../../kjv/habakkuk/3/8), [Zechariah 3:8](../../../kjv/zechariah/3/8), [Zechariah 6:1-8](../../../kjv/zechariah/6/1-8), [Hebrews 1:14](../../../kjv/hebrews/1/14)
**by a whirlwind:** [2 Kings 2:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/1)
**into heaven:** [Mark 16:19](../../../kjv/mark/16/19)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 5:24](../../../kjv/genesis/5/24) - for [Judges 13:20](../../../kjv/judges/13/20) - when the flame [1 Kings 18:12](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/12) - the Spirit of the Lord [1 Kings 19:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/4) - he requested [1 Kings 19:12](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/12) - a fire [2 Kings 2:23](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/23) - Go up [2 Chronicles 21:12](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/12) - Elijah the prophet [Job 38:1](../../../kjv/job/38/1) - *General* [Ezekiel 10:18](../../../kjv/ezekiel/10/18) - and stood [Matthew 17:3](../../../kjv/matthew/17/3) - Elias [Mark 9:4](../../../kjv/mark/9/4) - Elias [Luke 2:15](../../../kjv/luke/2/15) - into [Luke 9:51](../../../kjv/luke/9/51) - that [Luke 24:51](../../../kjv/luke/24/51) - he was [Acts 1:10](../../../kjv/acts/1/10) - while [1 Thessalonians 4:17](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/4/17) - caught [Hebrews 1:7](../../../kjv/hebrews/1/7) - Who [Hebrews 11:5](../../../kjv/hebrews/11/5) - translated [Revelation 11:12](../../../kjv/revelation/11/12) - And they

**saw it:** [2 Kings 2:10](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/10)
**My father:** [2 Kings 13:14](../../../kjv/2-kings/13/14), [Job 22:30](../../../kjv/job/22/30), [Proverbs 11:11](../../../kjv/proverbs/11/11), [Ecclesiastes 7:19](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/7/19), [Ecclesiastes 9:16-18](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/9/16-18), [Isaiah 37:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/4), [Isaiah 37:15](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/15), [Isaiah 37:21](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/21), [Acts 27:24](../../../kjv/acts/27/24)
**he saw him:** [Proverbs 30:4](../../../kjv/proverbs/30/4), [Mark 16:19](../../../kjv/mark/16/19), [Luke 2:15](../../../kjv/luke/2/15), [Luke 24:51](../../../kjv/luke/24/51), [John 3:13](../../../kjv/john/3/13), [Acts 1:9](../../../kjv/acts/1/9), [2 Corinthians 5:2](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/5/2), [2 Corinthians 5:4](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/5/4), [Ephesians 4:8](../../../kjv/ephesians/4/8), [Revelation 11:12](../../../kjv/revelation/11/12)
**rent them:** [Job 1:20](../../../kjv/job/1/20), [Job 1:21](../../../kjv/job/1/21), [Isaiah 57:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/57/1), [Isaiah 57:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/57/2), [Acts 8:2](../../../kjv/acts/8/2)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 20:12](../../../kjv/exodus/20/12) - Honour [2 Samuel 1:27](../../../kjv/2-samuel/1/27) - weapons [2 Kings 5:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/13) - My father [2 Kings 6:10](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/10) - saved [2 Kings 6:21](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/21) - My father [Matthew 23:9](../../../kjv/matthew/23/9) - call [Mark 9:4](../../../kjv/mark/9/4) - Elias [Acts 1:10](../../../kjv/acts/1/10) - while

**the mantle:** [2 Kings 2:8](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/8), [1 Kings 19:19](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/19)
**bank:** Heb. lip, [1 Kings 9:26](../../../kjv/1-kings/9/26)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Samuel 28:14](../../../kjv/1-samuel/28/14) - a mantle [Ezekiel 47:7](../../../kjv/ezekiel/47/7) - bank

**smote:** [2 Kings 2:8-10](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/8-10), [Joshua 1:1-9](../../../kjv/joshua/1/1-9), [Mark 16:20](../../../kjv/mark/16/20), [John 14:12](../../../kjv/john/14/12), [Acts 2:33](../../../kjv/acts/2/33), [Acts 3:12](../../../kjv/acts/3/12), [Acts 3:13](../../../kjv/acts/3/13)
**Where is:** [Judges 6:13](../../../kjv/judges/6/13), [1 Kings 18:36-39](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/36-39), [Psalms 42:2](../../../kjv/psalms/42/2), [Psalms 42:10](../../../kjv/psalms/42/10), [Psalms 115:2](../../../kjv/psalms/115/2), [Joel 2:17](../../../kjv/joel/2/17)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 24:12](../../../kjv/genesis/24/12) - O Lord [1 Samuel 28:14](../../../kjv/1-samuel/28/14) - a mantle [1 Kings 19:19](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/19) - his mantle [2 Kings 3:12](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/12) - The word [2 Kings 4:29](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/29) - take my [2 Kings 5:12](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/12) - better [2 Kings 8:4](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/4) - all the great [Psalms 74:15](../../../kjv/psalms/74/15) - flood [Jeremiah 2:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/2/6) - Where [Hosea 9:8](../../../kjv/hosea/9/8) - with [Zechariah 10:11](../../../kjv/zechariah/10/11) - smite

**to view:** [2 Kings 2:7](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/7)
**The spirit:** [Numbers 11:25-29](../../../kjv/numbers/11/25-29), [Numbers 27:20](../../../kjv/numbers/27/20), [Joshua 3:7](../../../kjv/joshua/3/7), [Isaiah 11:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/2), [Isaiah 59:21](../../../kjv/isaiah/59/21), [John 15:26](../../../kjv/john/15/26), [John 15:27](../../../kjv/john/15/27), [Acts 1:8](../../../kjv/acts/1/8), [2 Corinthians 12:9](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/12/9), [1 Peter 4:14](../../../kjv/1-peter/4/14)
**bowed:** [2 Kings 2:19](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/19), [2 Kings 4:1-4](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/1-4), [2 Kings 4:37](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/37), [2 Kings 6:1-7](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/1-7), [Joshua 4:14](../../../kjv/joshua/4/14)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 18:2](../../../kjv/genesis/18/2) - bowed [Numbers 11:17](../../../kjv/numbers/11/17) - I will take [Deuteronomy 34:9](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/34/9) - full of the spirit [1 Samuel 10:5](../../../kjv/1-samuel/10/5) - a company [1 Samuel 25:9](../../../kjv/1-samuel/25/9) - ceased [1 Kings 20:35](../../../kjv/1-kings/20/35) - of the sons [2 Kings 2:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/3) - And the sons [2 Kings 3:12](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/12) - The word [2 Kings 8:7](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/7) - The man of God

**strong men:** Heb. sons of strength
**the Spirit:** [1 Kings 18:12](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/12), [Ezekiel 3:14](../../../kjv/ezekiel/3/14), [Ezekiel 8:3](../../../kjv/ezekiel/8/3), [Ezekiel 11:24](../../../kjv/ezekiel/11/24), [Ezekiel 40:2](../../../kjv/ezekiel/40/2), [Acts 8:39](../../../kjv/acts/8/39), [2 Corinthians 12:2](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/12/2), [2 Corinthians 12:3](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/12/3)
**some mountain:** Heb. one of the mountains
**Reciprocal:** [Ezekiel 3:12](../../../kjv/ezekiel/3/12) - spirit [Ezekiel 11:1](../../../kjv/ezekiel/11/1) - the spirit [Ezekiel 37:1](../../../kjv/ezekiel/37/1) - carried [Ezekiel 43:5](../../../kjv/ezekiel/43/5) - the spirit [Matthew 4:1](../../../kjv/matthew/4/1) - of the spirit [John 8:21](../../../kjv/john/8/21) - I go [1 Thessalonians 4:17](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/4/17) - caught [Hebrews 11:5](../../../kjv/hebrews/11/5) - and was [Revelation 17:3](../../../kjv/revelation/17/3) - he carried [Revelation 21:10](../../../kjv/revelation/21/10) - he carried

**they urged:** [2 Samuel 18:22](../../../kjv/2-samuel/18/22), [2 Samuel 18:23](../../../kjv/2-samuel/18/23), [Luke 11:8](../../../kjv/luke/11/8), [Romans 10:2](../../../kjv/romans/10/2)
**found him not:** [Hebrews 11:5](../../../kjv/hebrews/11/5)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 33:11](../../../kjv/genesis/33/11) - urged him [2 Kings 2:7](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/7) - fifty men [2 Kings 5:23](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/23) - And he urged him [John 8:21](../../../kjv/john/8/21) - I go

**Reciprocal:** [Luke 19:1](../../../kjv/luke/19/1) - Jericho

**my Lord seeth:** [Numbers 12:11](../../../kjv/numbers/12/11), [1 Kings 18:7](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/7), [1 Kings 18:13](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/13), [1 Timothy 5:17](../../../kjv/1-timothy/5/17)
**the water:** [Exodus 7:19](../../../kjv/exodus/7/19), [Exodus 15:23](../../../kjv/exodus/15/23), [Joshua 6:17](../../../kjv/joshua/6/17), [Joshua 6:26](../../../kjv/joshua/6/26), [1 Kings 16:34](../../../kjv/1-kings/16/34)
**barren:** Heb. causing to miscarry, [Exodus 23:26](../../../kjv/exodus/23/26), [Deuteronomy 28:2-4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/2-4), [Deuteronomy 28:11](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/11), [Deuteronomy 28:15-18](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/15-18), [Hosea 9:14](../../../kjv/hosea/9/14)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 16:1](../../../kjv/joshua/16/1) - the water [2 Kings 2:15](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/15) - bowed [2 Kings 4:16](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/16) - my lord [Ezekiel 47:8](../../../kjv/ezekiel/47/8) - the waters [James 3:12](../../../kjv/james/3/12) - so [Revelation 8:10](../../../kjv/revelation/8/10) - the fountains

**salt therein:** [Judges 9:45](../../../kjv/judges/9/45), [Ezekiel 47:11](../../../kjv/ezekiel/47/11), [Zephaniah 2:9](../../../kjv/zephaniah/2/9)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Kings 8:4](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/4) - all the great [2 Kings 20:7](../../../kjv/2-kings/20/7) - Take a lump [Colossians 4:6](../../../kjv/colossians/4/6) - seasoned

**cast:** [2 Kings 4:41](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/41), [2 Kings 6:6](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/6), [Exodus 15:25](../../../kjv/exodus/15/25), [Exodus 15:26](../../../kjv/exodus/15/26), [Leviticus 2:13](../../../kjv/leviticus/2/13), [Matthew 5:11](../../../kjv/matthew/5/11), [Mark 9:50](../../../kjv/mark/9/50), [John 9:6](../../../kjv/john/9/6)
**I have healed:** [Ezekiel 47:8-11](../../../kjv/ezekiel/47/8-11), [1 Corinthians 1:18-28](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/1/18-28), [Revelation 22:2](../../../kjv/revelation/22/2), [Revelation 22:3](../../../kjv/revelation/22/3)
**there shall:** [Psalms 107:33-38](../../../kjv/psalms/107/33-38), [Revelation 21:4](../../../kjv/revelation/21/4)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Kings 3:12](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/12) - The word [2 Kings 5:10](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/10) - wash [Hosea 9:8](../../../kjv/hosea/9/8) - with

**Bethel:** [1 Kings 12:28-32](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/28-32), [Hosea 4:15](../../../kjv/hosea/4/15), [Hosea 10:5](../../../kjv/hosea/10/5), [Hosea 10:15](../../../kjv/hosea/10/15), [Amos 3:14](../../../kjv/amos/3/14), [Amos 4:4](../../../kjv/amos/4/4), [Amos 5:5](../../../kjv/amos/5/5), [Amos 7:13](../../../kjv/amos/7/13)
**little children:** The words nearim ketannim not only signify little children but young men; for katon signifies not only little, but young, in opposition to old; and naar signifies not only a child, but a young man grown to years of maturity. Thus Isaac is called naar when twenty-eight years old, Joseph when thirty-nine, and Rehoboam when forty. These idolatrous young men, having heard of the ascension of Elijah, without believing it, blasphemously bade Elisha to follow him. The venerable prophet, from a Divine impulse, pronounced a curse "in the name of the Lord," which was immediately followed by the most terrible judgment; thus evincing the Source from which it flowed. [Job 19:18](../../../kjv/job/19/18), [Job 30:1](../../../kjv/job/30/1), [Job 30:8-31](../../../kjv/job/30/8-31), [Proverbs 20:11](../../../kjv/proverbs/20/11), [Proverbs 22:6](../../../kjv/proverbs/22/6), [Proverbs 22:15](../../../kjv/proverbs/22/15), [Ecclesiastes 11:10](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/11/10), [Isaiah 1:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/4), [Isaiah 3:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/3/5), [Jeremiah 7:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/18)
**mocked:** [Genesis 21:9](../../../kjv/genesis/21/9), [2 Chronicles 36:16](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/36/16), [Job 30:1](../../../kjv/job/30/1), [Job 30:8](../../../kjv/job/30/8), [Job 30:9](../../../kjv/job/30/9), [Psalms 35:15](../../../kjv/psalms/35/15), [Isaiah 57:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/57/3), [Isaiah 57:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/57/4), [Galatians 4:29](../../../kjv/galatians/4/29), [Hebrews 11:36](../../../kjv/hebrews/11/36)
**Go up:** [2 Kings 2:11](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/11), [Matthew 27:29-31](../../../kjv/matthew/27/29-31), [Matthew 27:40-43](../../../kjv/matthew/27/40-43)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 19:17](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/17) - Elisha slay [2 Kings 1:10](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/10) - If I be a man [Jeremiah 20:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/20/7) - I am [2 Corinthians 13:8](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/13/8) - *General*

**cursed them:** [2 Kings 1:10-12](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/10-12), [Genesis 9:25](../../../kjv/genesis/9/25), [Deuteronomy 28:15-26](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/15-26), [Judges 9:20](../../../kjv/judges/9/20), [Judges 9:57](../../../kjv/judges/9/57), [Jeremiah 28:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/28/16), [Jeremiah 29:21-23](../../../kjv/jeremiah/29/21-23), [Lamentations 3:65](../../../kjv/lamentations/3/65), [Amos 7:17](../../../kjv/amos/7/17), [Mark 11:14](../../../kjv/mark/11/14), [Mark 11:21](../../../kjv/mark/11/21), [Acts 5:5](../../../kjv/acts/5/5), [Acts 5:9](../../../kjv/acts/5/9), [Acts 8:20](../../../kjv/acts/8/20), [Acts 13:9-11](../../../kjv/acts/13/9-11), [2 Corinthians 10:6](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/10/6)
**she bears:** [2 Samuel 17:8](../../../kjv/2-samuel/17/8), [Proverbs 17:12](../../../kjv/proverbs/17/12), [Proverbs 28:15](../../../kjv/proverbs/28/15), [Hosea 13:8](../../../kjv/hosea/13/8)
**children of them:** [Exodus 20:5](../../../kjv/exodus/20/5), [1 Kings 13:24](../../../kjv/1-kings/13/24), [1 Kings 19:17](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/17), [1 Kings 20:36](../../../kjv/1-kings/20/36)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 21:9](../../../kjv/genesis/21/9) - mocking [Genesis 37:20](../../../kjv/genesis/37/20) - Some [Genesis 37:33](../../../kjv/genesis/37/33) - evil beast [Leviticus 26:6](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/6) - rid [Leviticus 26:22](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/22) - rob you [2 Kings 3:12](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/12) - The word [2 Kings 8:4](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/4) - all the great [2 Kings 17:25](../../../kjv/2-kings/17/25) - the Lord sent [Daniel 7:5](../../../kjv/daniel/7/5) - another [Revelation 13:2](../../../kjv/revelation/13/2) - and his feet

**mount Carmel:** [2 Kings 4:25](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/25), [1 Kings 18:19](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/19), [1 Kings 18:42](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/42)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Kings 3:12](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/12) - Israel

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