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2 Kings 13:15

And Eliseus said to him: Bring a bow and arrows. And when he had brought him a bow and arrows,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Arrow;   Elisha;   Jehoash;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Thompson Chain Reference - Arrows;   Bows;   Elisha;   Weapons;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;   Syria;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ben-Hadad;   Elisha;   Joash or Jehoash;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Jehoash;   Weapons;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kings, First and Second, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Zeal;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ben-Hadad;   Damascus;   Jonah;   Judah, Kingdom of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Aphek;   Damascus;   Joash;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Elisha;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Lots;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Damascus;   Elisha ;   Jehoahaz ;   Joash ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Joash;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'sha;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Augury;   Elisha;   Jehoash;   Kings, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Elisha responded, “Get a bow and arrows.” So he got a bow and arrows.
Hebrew Names Version
Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows; and he took to him bow and arrows.
King James Version
And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.
English Standard Version
And Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and arrows." So he took a bow and arrows.
New Century Version
Elisha said to Jehoash, "Take a bow and arrows." So he took a bow and arrows.
New English Translation
Elisha told him, "Take a bow and some arrows," and he did so.
Amplified Bible
And Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and arrows." So he took a bow and arrows.
New American Standard Bible
And Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and arrows." So he took a bow and arrows.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Elisha sayde vnto him, Take a bowe and arrowes. And he tooke vnto him bowe and arrowes.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and arrows." So he took a bow and arrows.
Contemporary English Version
"Grab a bow and some arrows," Elisha told him, "and hold them in your hand." Jehoash grabbed the bow and arrows and held them. Elisha placed his hand on the king's hand
Complete Jewish Bible
Elisha said to him, "Bring a bow and arrows"; and he brought him a bow and arrows.
Darby Translation
And Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows. And he took a bow and arrows.
Easy-to-Read Version
Elisha said to Jehoash, "Take a bow and some arrows." Jehoash took a bow and some arrows.
George Lamsa Translation
And Elisha said to him, Take a bow and arrows. And he took a bow and arrows.
Good News Translation
"Get a bow and some arrows," Elisha ordered him. Jehoash got them,
Lexham English Bible
Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and arrows," so he took him a bow and arrows.
Literal Translation
And Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows. And he took bow and arrows to himself.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Eliseus sayde vnto him: Take the bowe and the arowes
American Standard Version
And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows; and he took unto him bow and arrows.
Bible in Basic English
Then Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows: and he took bow and arrows.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Elisa saide vnto him: Take bowe and arrowes. And he toke vnto him bowe and arrowes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Elisha said unto him: 'Take bow and arrows'; and he took unto him bow and arrows.
King James Version (1611)
And Elisha said vnto him, Take bowe and arrowes. And he tooke vnto him bowe and arrowes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Elisaie said to him, Take bow and arrows. And he took to himself a bow and arrows.
English Revised Version
And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows: and he took unto him bow and arrows.
Berean Standard Bible
Elisha told him, "Take a bow and some arrows." So he himself took a bow and some arrows.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Elisee seide to hym, Brynge thou a bouwe and arowis. And whanne he hadde brouyte to Elisee a bouwe and arowis,
Young's Literal Translation
And Elisha saith to him, `Take bow and arrows:' and he taketh unto him bow and arrows.
Update Bible Version
And Elisha said to him, Take a bow and arrows; and he took to himself a bow and arrows.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows. And he took to him bow and arrows.
World English Bible
Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows; and he took to him bow and arrows.
New King James Version
And Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and some arrows." So he took himself a bow and some arrows.
New Living Translation
Elisha told him, "Get a bow and some arrows." And the king did as he was told.
New Life Bible
Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and arrows." So he took a bow and arrows.
New Revised Standard
Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and arrows"; so he took a bow and arrows.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. So he took unto him bow and arrows.
Revised Standard Version
And Eli'sha said to him, "Take a bow and arrows"; so he took a bow and arrows.
THE MESSAGE
Elisha told him, "Go and get a bow and some arrows." The king brought him the bow and arrows.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and arrows." So he took a bow and arrows.

Contextual Overview

10 In the seven and thirtieth year of Joas, king of Juda, Joas the son of Joachaz reigned over Israel, in Samaria, sixteen years. 11 And he did that which is evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin; but he walked in them. 12 But the rest of the acts of Joas, and all that he did, and his valour wherewith he fought against Amasias, king of Juda, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel? 13 And Joas slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne. But Joas was buried in Samaria, with the kings of Israel. 14 Now Eliseus was sick of the illness whereof he died: and Joas, king of Israel, went down to him, and wept before him, and said: O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the guider thereof. 15 And Eliseus said to him: Bring a bow and arrows. And when he had brought him a bow and arrows, 16 He said to the king of Israel: Put thy hand upon the bow. And when he had put his hand, Eliseus put his hands over the king’s hands, 17 And said: Open the window to the east. And when he had opened it, Eliseus said: Shoot an arrow. And he shot. And Eliseus said: The arrow of the Lord’s deliverance, and the arrow of the deliverance from Syria: and thou shalt strike the Syrians in Aphec, till thou consume them. 18 And he said: Take the arrows. And when he had taken them, he said to him: Strike with an arrow upon the ground. And he struck three times, and stood still. 19 And the man of God was angry with him, and said: If thou hadst smitten five or six or seven times, thou hadst smitten Syria even to utter destruction: but now three times shalt thou smite it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Acts 21:11 - he took

Cross-References

Genesis 12:7
And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him: To thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
Genesis 13:1
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him into the south.
Genesis 13:2
And he was very rich in possession of gold and silver.
Genesis 13:3
And he returned by the way, that he came, from the south to Bethel, to the place where before he had pitched his tent between Bethel and Hai,
Genesis 13:4
In the place of the altar which he had made before, and there he called upon the name of the Lord.
Genesis 13:7
Whereupon also there arose a strife between the herdsmen of Abram and of Lot. And at that time the Chanaanite and the Pherezite dwelled in that country.
Genesis 13:8
Abram therefore said to Lot: Let there be no quarrel, I beseech thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen: for we are brethren.
Genesis 13:9
Behold the whole land is before thee: depart from me, I pray thee: if thou wilt go to the left hand, I will take the right: if thou choose the right hand, I will pass to the left.
Genesis 13:12
Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan: and Lot abode in the towns, that were about the Jordan, and dwelt in Sodom.
Genesis 15:18
That day God made a covenant with Abram, saying: To thy seed will I give this land, from the river to Egypt even to the great river Euphrates.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Elisha said unto him, take bow and arrows,.... The usual instruments of war in those days: and he took unto him bow and arrows; which though they might not be had in the house of the prophet, he could have some from his guards that attended him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 13:15. Take bow and arrows. — The bow, the arrows, and the smiting on the ground, were all emblematical things, indicative of the deliverance of Israel from Syria.


 
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