2 Kings 13:20

And Elisha died, and they buried him,—now, troops of Moabites, used to enter the land, at the coming in of the year;

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In The King James Version

And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

In Context

19Then was the man of God wroth against him, and said—Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times, then, hadst thou smitten Syria, until it had been consumed; But, now, three times, shalt thou smite Syria.

21and it came to pass, as, they, were burying a man, that, lo! they saw a troop, so they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha,—and, as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he came to life again, and rose up on his feet.

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Cross References

Genesis 48:1And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Lo! thy father, is sick. So he took his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Judges 3:12And the sons of Israel again did the thing that was wicked, in the sight of Yahweh,—and Yahweh emboldened Eglon, king of Moab, against Israel, because they did the thing that was wicked in the sight of Yahweh;

2 Kings 3:5And it came to pass, when Ahab died, that the king of Moab revolted against the king of Israel.

2 Kings 3:24And, when they came into the camp of Israel, Israel arose and smote Moab, and they fled from before them,—so they entered thereinto, yea still farther entered Moab;

2 Kings 6:23And he made for them a great feast, and, when they had eaten and drunk, he let them go, and they went their way unto their lord. So then, troops of Syrians came again, no more, into the land of Israel.

2 Chronicles 24:16And they buried him in the city of David, with the kings,—because he had done good in Israel, both toward God and his house.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 13:11-20

The Reign of Joash, King of Israel. ( b. c. 839.) 10 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. 11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord ; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein. 12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in… Read the whole commentary →

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