Verse | Translation | Text |
2Ki 2:13 | Strong Concordance | He took up [07311] also the mantle [0155] of Elijah [0452] that fell [05307] from him, and went back [07725], and stood [05975] by the bank [08193] of Jordan [03383]; |
King James | He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; |
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
He took up also the mantle of Elijah--The transference of this prophetic cloak was, to himself, a pledge of his being appointed successor, and it was an outward token to others of the spirit of Elijah resting upon him. |