22<\/strong>. unto this day<\/em> ] A note of a faithful reproduction by the compiler of what was written in some earlier document. See note on 1Ki 9:21<\/span>. There is but one spring in the neighbourhood of Jericho, called now Ain es Sultan<\/em>, and this is probably the same which existed in Elisha’s time. Its waters spread over the plain of Jericho.<\/p>\n So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.<\/strong> In the name of the Lord; and not only they remained so unto the time of the writer of this history, but to the times of Josephus, as he testifies s, and even to ours; for there is a spring now called Elisha’s spring or fountain, of which Mr. Maundrell says t,<\/p>\n “its waters are at present received in a basin about nine or ten paces long, and five or six broad; and from thence issuing out in good plenty, divide themselves into several small streams, dispersing their refreshment to all the field between this and Jericho, and rendering it exceeding fruitful.”<\/p>\n So some other travellers u say of it, that the water is very clear and cool, and issues in a copious steam. Pliny w gives it the name of “Calirroe”, the beautiful stream, and speaks of it as hot, wholesome, and medicinal, and of great note.<\/p>\n s De Bello Jud. l. 4. c. 8. sect. 3. t Journey from Aleppo, &c. p. 80. u Egmont and Heyman’s Travels, vol. 1. p. 331. w Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 16.<\/p>\n 2Ki 2:22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.<\/p>\n Ver. 22. So the waters were healed.<\/strong> ] By Elisha; who was willing to gratify his hosts of Jericho, to remunerate their courtesy, and to convert them “from dumb idols to the living and true God.”<\/p>\n So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spoke. 22. unto this day ] A note of a faithful reproduction by the compiler of what was written in some earlier document. See note on 1Ki 9:21. There is but one spring in the neighbourhood of Jericho, called … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 2:22”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"