Bible Strands
2 Kings 2:25
And Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative records Elisha’s movement following the Bethel incident, with no dialogue or addressed audience. The verse functions as a geographic transition in the prophetic succession account.
The words — The text employs וַיֵּלֶךְ (va/i.Ye.lekh) for "he went" and שָׁב (shav) for "he returned" to mark a completed circuit. מִשָּׁם (mi./Sham) appears twice to specify the departure point, structuring the route from Mount Carmel to Samaria.
The thread — This location appears in Elijah’s confrontation with Baal’s prophets (1 Kings 18:19) and later when the Shunammite woman seeks Elisha’s aid (2 Kings 4:25). The repeated geographic anchor ties the prophetic ministries together across the kings narrative.
Why it lands — The verse presents a bare itinerary without commentary or moral explanation. It requires the reader to track prophetic authority through physical movement rather than through explicit theological statements.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
Cross-references
- 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.
- 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 18:42 So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.