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2 Kings 1

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2 Kings 1 . 1 , Moab rebels; 2 Kings 1 . 2 , Ahaziah , sending to Baal-zebub , hath his judgment by Elijah; 2 Kings 1 . 5 , Elijah twice brings fire from heaven upon them whom Ahaziah sent to apprehend him; 2 Kings 1 . 13 , He pities the third captain , and , encouraged by an angel , tells the king of his death; 2 Kings 1 . 17 , Jehoram succeeds Ahaziah.

2 Kings 1:1

After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.

2 Kings 1:1 · BSB

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2 Kings 1:2

Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”

2 Kings 1:2 · BSB

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The flat roofs of the eastern houses are generally surrounded by a parapet wall breast high; but instead of this , some terraces are guarded with balustrades only , or latticed work. Of the same kind , probably , was the lattice , or net , as the term shevacha seems to import , through which Ahaziah fell into the court. This incident proves the necessity of the law for the formation of battlements for roof (Deuteronomy 22 . 8) , which God graciously dictated from Sinai , which furnishes a beautiful example of his paternal care and goodness; for the terrace was a place where many offices of the family were performed , and business frequently transacted

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2 Kings 1:3

But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, "Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?'

2 Kings 1:3 · BSB

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2 Kings 1:4

Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” So Elijah departed.

2 Kings 1:4 · BSB

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Thou shalt etc. Heb. The bed whither thou art gone up , thou shalt not come down from it

2 Kings 1:6

They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”

2 Kings 1:6 · BSB

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2 Kings 1:7

The king asked them, “What sort of man came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?”

2 Kings 1:7 · BSB

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Heb. What was the manner of the man

2 Kings 1:8

"He was a hairy man," they answered, "with a leather belt around his waist." "It was Elijah the Tishbite," said the king.

2 Kings 1:8 · BSB

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That is , he wore a rough garment , either made of camels' hair , as that of John Baptist , or of a skin , dressed with the hair on. Sir J. Chardin informs us , in a manuscript note on this place , cited by Mr. Harmer , that the eastern dervishes and fakeers are clothed just as Elijah was , with a hairy garment , girded with a leathern girdle

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2 Kings 1:9

Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, "Man of God, the king declares, 'Come down!'"

2 Kings 1:9 · BSB

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2 Kings 1:10

Elijah answered the captain, "If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men." And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

2 Kings 1:10 · BSB

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Or , rather , as the original literally imports , and the LXX render , ךבפבגחףופבי נץס , fire shall come down; Elijah's words being simply declarative , and not imprecatory

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2 Kings 1:11

So the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. And the captain said to Elijah, "Man of God, the king declares, 'Come down at once!'"

2 Kings 1:11 · BSB

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2 Kings 1:12

Again Elijah replied, "If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men." And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

2 Kings 1:12 · BSB

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2 Kings 1:13

So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, "Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants please be precious in your sight.

2 Kings 1:13 · BSB

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Heb. bowed

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2 Kings 1:14

Behold, fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty, with all their men. But now may my life be precious in your sight."

2 Kings 1:14 · BSB

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2 Kings 1:15

Then the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, "Go down with him. Do not be afraid of him." So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.

2 Kings 1:15 · BSB

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2 Kings 1:16

And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.”

2 Kings 1:16 · BSB

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on which thou art gone up2 parallels

In the East there is usually at the end of each chamber a little gallery , raised three or four feet above the floor , with a balustrade in front , to which they go up by a few steps . here they place their beds; an allusion to which situation is involved in this declaration of Elijah's , and frequently referred to in the Sacred Scriptures. See note on Genesis 49 . 4

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Baalzebub Literally , "the lord of flies;" or , as the LXX render , בבכ לץובם טוןם , Baal the fly god. See note on Exodus 8 . 24.

2 Kings 1:17

So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah.

2 Kings 1:17 · BSB

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As it is said in

  • 2 Kings 3:1 that he began his reign in the eighteenth of Jehoshaphat , it is supposed that Jehoshaphat admitted his son Jehoram to reign with him eight or nine years before his death. "The second year that Jehoram was Prorex , and the eighteenth of Jehoshaphat."

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2 Kings 1:18

As for the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

2 Kings 1:18 · BSB

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