2 Kings 13:15
And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.
2 Kings 13:15 in other translations
| BSB | Elisha told him, “Take a bow and some arrows.” So Jehoash took a bow and some arrows. |
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| WEB | Elisha said to him, “Take bow and arrows;” and he took bow and arrows for himself. |
| ASV | And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows; and he took unto him bow and arrows. |
| YLT | And Elisha saith to him, ‘Take bow and arrows:' and he taketh unto him bow and arrows. |
| DARBY | And Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows. And he took a bow and arrows. |
| BBE | Then Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows: and he took bow and arrows. |
| Webster | And Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows. And he took to him bow and arrows. |
What does 2 Kings 13:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 13:14-19
14-19. Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died--Every man's death is occasioned by some disease, and so was Elisha's. But in intimating it, there seems a contrast tacitly made between him and his prophetic predecessor, who did not die. Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face--He visited him where he was lying ill of this mortal sickness, and expressed deep sorrow, not from…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 13:10-19
Jehoash, the king, came to Elisha, to receive his dying counsel and blessing. It may turn much to our spiritual advantage, to attend the sick-beds and death-beds of good men, that we may be encouraged in religion by the living comforts they have from it in a dying hour. Elisha assured the king of his success; yet he must look up to God for direction and strength; must reckon his own hands not enough, but go on, in…
2 Kings 13:15 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 2 Kings 13:14
Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
- 2 Kings 13:15
And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.
- 2 Kings 13:16
And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king’s hands.
2 Kings 13:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y díjole Eliseo: Toma un arco y unas saetas. Tomóse él entonces un arco y unas saetas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Élisée lui dit: Prends un arc et des flèches. Et il prit un arc et des flèches. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da sprach Elisa zu ihm: Hole Bogen und Pfeile. Und er holte ihm Bogen und Pfeile. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et ait illi Eliseus: Affer arcum et sagittas. Cumque attulisset ad eum arcum et sagittas, |