2 Kings 2:14
and he took the mantle of Eliu, which fell from off him, and smote the water, and said, Where is the Lord God of Eliu? + 2:14 The Gr. here copies the Heb. אח הו 'he also'.and he smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither; and Elisaie went over.
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Exodus 14:22And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the water of it was a wall on the right hand and a wall on the left.
Judges 6:13And Gedeon said to him, Be gracious + 6:13 Heb. כי a particle of entreaty, here rendered literally.with me, my Lord: but if the Lord is with us, why have these evils found us? and where are all his miracles, which our fathers have related to us, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt? and now he has cast us out, and given us into the hand of Madiam.
2 Kings 2:8And Eliu took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the water: and the water was divided on this side and on that side, and they both went over + 2:8 Lit. 'into the wilderness.'on dry ground.
Jeremiah 2:6And they said not, Where is the Lord, who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who guided us in the wilderness, in an untried and trackless land, in a land which no man at all went through, and no man dwelt there?
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 2:14-19
Elijah's Mantle on Elisha. ( b. c. 895.) 13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; 14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over. 15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet… Read the whole commentary →