2|Kings 13:21| by
| Or, who caused Israel to sin. So also in vv. 6 and 11.
2|Kings 13:2a| sin| 1|Kings 14:16
2|Kings 13:3a| Hazael| 1|Kings 19:17;| 2|Kings 8:12
2|Kings 13:3b| Ben-hadad| 2|Kings 13:24-25
2|Kings 13:4a| saw| 2|Kings 14:26;| Exo. 3:7
2|Kings 13:61| Asherah
| The image of a female deity.
2|Kings 13:101| Joash
| A spelling variant of Jehoash, found in ch. 12. He was the king of Judah.
2|Kings 13:102| Jehoash
| A spelling variant of Joash (cf. vv. 12-13).
2|Kings 13:12a| And| vv. 12-13: 2|Kings 14:15-16
2|Kings 13:12b| Amaziah| 2|Kings 14:8-14
2|Kings 13:141| ill
| Elisha performed miracles of divine healing for others, but, in the will of God, he himself was not healed by a miracle (cf. note 202 in 2|Tim. 4).
2|Kings 13:14a| chariots| 2|Kings 2:12
2|Kings 13:171| victory
| Or, salvation; deliverance.
2|Kings 13:19a| three| 2|Kings 13:25
2|Kings 13:211| touched
| Elisha was deceased in his body yet still ministered in the spirit to enliven one of the dead. Even the dead Elisha could enliven people. This is a picture of Christ in resurrection. Whoever touches Him is enlivened. Regeneration involves a spiritually dead person touching the dead and resurrected Christ and being enlivened (cf. John 5:25; Eph. 2:1-6a).
2|Kings 13:21a| came| Isa. 26:19;| cf. 2|Kings 4:35
2|Kings 13:23a| covenant| Exo. 2:24-25;| cf. Exo. 32:13
2|Kings 13:25a| Ben-hadad| cf. Amos 1:4
2|Kings 13:25b| three| 2|Kings 13:18-19
2|Kings 13:25c| recovered| 2|Kings 14:25, 28