2Ki 2:9 | TSK | STEP | Ask what. Elisha said. a double portion.This probably refers to the law respecting the first-born, who had a double portion of the property of his father. As Elisha may have considered himself as the first-born of Elijah, so he requested a double portion of his spiritual influence.

2 Kings 2:9

Ask what.

13:14-19; Nu 27:16-23; De 34:9; 1Ch 29:18,19; Ps 72:1,20

Lu 24:45-51; Joh 17:9-13; Ac 1:8; 8:17; 20:25-36

Elisha said.

Nu 11:17,25; 1Ki 3:9; 2Ch 1:9,10; Joh 14:12-14; 16:7; 1Co 12:31

a double portion.This probably refers to the law respecting the first-born, who had a double portion of the property of his father. As Elisha may have considered himself as the first-born of Elijah, so he requested a double portion of his spiritual influence.

Nu 27:20; De 21:17; Zec 9:12; 12:8; 1Ti 5:17