This passage describes the closing scene of Elisha’s life. It was now at least sixty-three years since his call, so at this time he was very possib…

The visit of Joash to the dying Elisha.

This section is obviously derived from another documentary source than the preceding. What a fresh a…

And wept over his face,

As Bishop Hall says, he gave him some drops of warm water; and if a cup of cold water, given to a prophet, …

Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died ,
&c.] The prophets do not live for ever; this sickness w…

Jehoash, the king, came to Elisha to receive his dying counsel and blessing. It can be of great benefit to our spiritual lives to visit the sickbed…