2 Kings 2:25
New International Version
And he went on to Mount Carmel and from there returned to Samaria.

New Living Translation
From there Elisha went to Mount Carmel and finally returned to Samaria.

English Standard Version
From there he went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

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

King James Bible
And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.

New King James Version
Then he 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.

NASB 1995
He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

NASB 1977
And he went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

Amplified Bible
Elisha went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

Christian Standard Bible
From there Elisha went to Mount Carmel, and then he returned to Samaria.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
From there Elisha went to Mount Carmel, and then he returned to Samaria.

American Standard Version
And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he went on from there to the mountain of Karmela, and from there again to Samaria.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he went thence to mount Carmel, and returned thence to Samaria.

Contemporary English Version
Elisha went up to Mount Carmel, then returned to Samaria.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And from thence he went to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.

English Revised Version
And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He left that place, went to Mount Carmel, and returned to Samaria.

Good News Translation
Elisha went on to Mount Carmel and later returned to Samaria.

International Standard Version
After this, he left from there to go to Mt. Carmel, and from there he went back to Samaria.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.

Literal Standard Version
And he goes from there to the hill of Carmel, and from there he has turned back to Samaria.

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

New American Bible
From there he went to Mount Carmel, and returned to Samaria from there.

NET Bible
From there he traveled to Mount Carmel and then back to Samaria.

New Revised Standard Version
From there he went on to Mount Carmel, and then returned to Samaria.

New Heart English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
And he goeth thence unto the hill of Carmel, and thence he hath turned back to Samaria.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Elisha Mocked
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 boys. 25And Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

Cross References
1 Kings 18:19
Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel's table."

1 Kings 18:20
So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.

2 Kings 3:11
But Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him." And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, "Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah."

2 Kings 4:25
So she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, "Look, there is the Shunammite woman.


Treasury of Scripture

And he went from there to mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

mount Carmel

2 Kings 4:25
So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:

1 Kings 18:19,42
Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table…

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2 Kings 2
1. Elijah, taking his leave of Elisha, with his mantle divides Jordan
9. and, granting Elisha his request, is taken up by a fiery chariot into heaven
12. Elisha, dividing Jordan with Elijah's mantle, is acknowledged his successor
16. The young prophets, hardly obtaining leave to seek Elijah, cannot find him.
19. Elisha with salt heals the unwholesome waters
23. Bears destroy the children that mocked Elisha














(25) To mount Carmel.--To cultivate the memory of his master in solitude. Elijah had often lived there (comp. 1 Kings 18), as its caves were well fitted for solitude and concealment. Elisha may have retired thither to prepare himself for his public ministry by prayer and fasting. (Comp. Matthew 4:1, seq.)

To Samaria.--Where he had his permanent abode. (Comp. 2Kings 6:32.)

Verse 25. - And he went from thence to Mount Carmel. Ewald thinks that Carmel was, on the whole, the main residence of Elijah, and "through him became a special prophetic locality" ('History of Israel,' vol. 4. p. 68). If so, we may account for Elisha's visiting it on this occasion by his desire to communicate the facts of Elijah's removal from earth to those who had been his intimates in that quarter. And from thence he returned to Samaria. Elisha does not imitate the wild, half-savage life and almost constant seclusion of his master. He "prefers from the first the companionship of men," fixes his home in the capital of his country, Samaria (2 Kings 5:9; 2 Kings 6:32); is a friendly counselor of the king (2 Kings 6:9), and highly honored by him (2 Kings 8:4); his whole life, indeed, is, compared with that of Elijah, one of ease and tranquility. But, though living "in the world," he is not "of the world." As Ewald says, "In spite of all the seductions to which he was abundantly exposed through the great consideration in which he was held, he retained at every period of his life the true prophetic simplicity and purity, and contempt for worldly wealth and advantages" ('History of Israel,' vol. 4. p. 83). He is thus, far more than Elijah, a pattern for Christian ministers, especially for such as are highly placed, who will do well to follow his example.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And Elisha went
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

on
מִשָּׁ֖ם (miš·šām)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Mount
הַ֣ר (har)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

Carmel,
הַכַּרְמֶ֑ל (hak·kar·mel)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3760: Carmel -- a mountain promontory on the Mediterranean, also a city near Hebron

and from there
וּמִשָּׁ֖ם (ū·miš·šām)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

he returned
שָׁ֥ב (šāḇ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

to Samaria.
שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃ (šō·mə·rō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8111: Samaria -- capital of northern kingdom of Israel


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