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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

2 Kings 2:25

And Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Carmel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Carmel, Mount;   Mountains;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Samaria, Ancient;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Carmel;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heaven;   Prophet;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Carmel;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bethel;   Carmel;   Elisha;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Carmel;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elijah;   Elisha;   Joab;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Car'mel;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elisha;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
From there Elisha went to Mount Carmel, and then he returned to Samaria.
Hebrew Names Version
He went from there to Mount Karmel, and from there he returned to Shomron.
King James Version
And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
English Standard Version
From there he went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
New Century Version
Elisha went to Mount Carmel and from there he returned to Samaria.
New English Translation
From there he traveled to Mount Carmel and then back to Samaria.
Amplified Bible
Elisha went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
New American Standard Bible
He then went on from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
Contemporary English Version
Elisha went up to Mount Carmel, then returned to Samaria.
Complete Jewish Bible
He went on from there to Mount Karmel and then returned to Shomron.
Darby Translation
And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
Easy-to-Read Version
Elisha left Bethel and went to Mount Carmel and from there he went back to Samaria.
George Lamsa Translation
And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
Good News Translation
Elisha went on to Mount Carmel and later returned to Samaria.
Lexham English Bible
Then he went from there to Mount Carmel and from there he returned to Samaria.
Literal Translation
And he went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
From thence wete he vp vnto mount Carmel, and from it turned he backe to Samaria.
American Standard Version
And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
Bible in Basic English
From there he went to Mount Carmel, and came back from there to Samaria.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he turned againe to Samaria.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
King James Version (1611)
And hee went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he went thence to mount Carmel, and returned thence to Samaria.
English Revised Version
And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli Elisee wente fro thennus in to the hil of Carmele, and fro thennus he turnede `ayen to Samarie.
Young's Literal Translation
And he goeth thence unto the hill of Carmel, and thence he hath turned back to Samaria.
Update Bible Version
And he went from there to mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
World English Bible
He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
New King James Version
Then he went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
New Living Translation
From there Elisha went to Mount Carmel and finally returned to Samaria.
New Life Bible
Elisha went from there to Mount Carmel, then returned to Samaria.
New Revised Standard
From there he went on to Mount Carmel, and then returned to Samaria.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he went from thence, unto Mount Carmel, - and, from thence, he returned, to Samaria.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And from thence he went to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
Revised Standard Version
From there he went on to Mount Carmel, and thence he returned to Sama'ria.
THE MESSAGE
Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and then returned to Samaria.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

Contextual Overview

19Then the men of the city said to Elisha, "Please note, our lord, that the city's location is good, but the water is bad and the land is unfruitful." 20"Bring me a new bowl," he replied, "and put some salt in it." So they brought it to him, 21and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, "This is what the LORD says: 'I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.'" 22And the waters there have been healthy to this day, according to the word spoken by Elisha. 23From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of young men came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, "Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!" 24Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the young men. 25And Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

mount Carmel: 2 Kings 4:25, 1 Kings 18:19, 1 Kings 18:42

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 3:12 - Israel

Cross-References

Genesis 2:10
Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:
Genesis 2:11
The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Genesis 3:7
And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.
Exodus 32:25
Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.
Psalms 25:3
Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.
Psalms 31:17
O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.
Isaiah 44:9
All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or know anything, so they are put to shame.
Isaiah 47:3
Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.
Isaiah 54:4
Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be humiliated, for you will not be disgraced. For you will forget the shame of your youth, and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
Jeremiah 6:15
Were they ashamed of the abomination they committed? No, they were not at all ashamed. They did not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse," says the LORD.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he went from thence to Mount Carmel,.... Where Elijah used to frequent, and where also there might be a school of the prophets; this, according to Bunting a, was fifty six miles from Bethel:

and from thence he returned to Samaria; the capital of the kingdom of Israel; there to bear his testimony against idolatry, to reprove for it, and reclaim from it; this, as the same writer says b, was thirty two miles from Carmel.

a Travels, &c. p. 206. b Ibid.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Carmel - Where Elisha held gatherings for religious purposes 2 Kings 4:23-25 during one period of his life, if he did not actually reside there.


 
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