2 Kings 1:4 NIV

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 1:1-18

1:1-8:15 MINISTRY OF ELISHAElijah succeeded by Elisha (1:1-2:25)Ahab’s son Ahaziah had not reigned long when he was injured in a fall. When he sent messengers to ask foreign gods whether he would recover, Elijah met them along the way. He sent them back with a message that the king would die, because he had forsaken the true God for foreign gods (1:1-10). Ahaziah sent soldiers to arrest Elijah, apparently with the intention of killing him because of his bold words. The ungodly king lost a... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 1:4

shalt surely die. Same as Genesis 2:17 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 1:4

2 Kings 1:4. Thou shalt not come down from that bed, &c.— At one end of each chamber in the eastern buildings there is a little gallery raised three, four, or five feet above the floor, having a ballustrade in the front, with a few steps likewise leading up to it. There they placed their beds; a situation frequently alluded to in the Scriptures. See Shaw's Travels, p. 211, &c. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 1:4

4. Thou shalt not come down from that bed—On being taken up, he had probably been laid on the divan—a raised frame, about three feet broad, extended along the sides of a room, covered with cushions and mattresses—serving, in short, as a sofa by day and a bed by night, and ascended by steps. Elijah departed—to his ordinary abode, which was then at Mount Carmel (2 Kings 2:25; 1 Kings 18:42). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 1:1-18

3. Ahaziah’s evil reign in Israel 1 Kings 22:51-2 Kings 1:18 (continued)Second Kings begins with Ahaziah’s reign that fell during the 33-year period of Israel and Judah’s alliance (874-841 B.C.; 1 Kings 16:29 -2 Kings 9:29). This period in turn fits within the larger context of the divided kingdom (931-722 B.C.; 1 Kings 12 -2 Kings 17). [Note: See the diagram of the period of alliance near my notes on 1 Kings 16:29.] "The typical Syrian upper balcony was enclosed with a jointed wood... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 1:1-29

B. THE PERIOD OF ALLIANCE 1 Kings 16:29-2 Kings 9:29 [CONT. FROM 1 KGS.] ) read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 1:1-18

Elijah calls down Fire from Heaven1. Moab.. Ahab] Moab had been conquered by David (2 Samuel 8:2), and at the revolt of the Ten Tribes had. passed under the authority of the northern kingdom. The revolt here alluded to took place, according to the inscription of Mesha, before the death of Ahab, whereas the present passage implies that it happened later, in the reign of Ahaziah or Joram: cp. 2 Kings 3:6.2. A lattice] lit. ’a network,’—perhaps a balustrade. Baal-zebub] supposed to mean ’lord of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 1:4

(4) Now therefore.—For this act of faithlessness, and to prove by the event that there is a God in Israel, whose oracle is unerring. (Comp. 1 Kings 18:24, seq.)Thus saith.—Or, hath said. After these words the prophetic announcement comes in rather abruptly. Perhaps the verse has been abridged by the compiler, and in the original account from which he drew, the words of 2 Kings 1:6 may have followed here, “Go, return to the king . . . Ekron.”And Eijah departed.—On the Lord’s errand. The LXX.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 1:1-18

AHAZIAH BEN-AHAB OF ISRAEL2 Kings 1:1-18B.C. 855-854"Ye know not of what spirit are ye."- Luke 9:55"He is the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises."- Hebrews 8:6AHAZIAH, the eldest son and successor of Ahab, has been called "the most shadowy of the Israelitish kings." He seems to have been in all respects one of the most weak, faithless, and deplorably miserable. He did but reign two years-perhaps in reality little more than one; but this brief space was... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Kings 1:1-18

Analysis and Annotations I. ELIJAH’s FINAL MINISTRY AND TRANSLATION 1. Elijah and Ahaziah CHAPTER 1 1. Moab’s rebellion (2 Kings 1:1 ) 2. The illness of Ahaziah (2 Kings 1:2 ) 3. Elijah’s message (2 Kings 1:3-8 ) 4. Ahaziah’s messengers and their fate (2 Kings 1:9-15 ) 5. Elijah before the king and Ahaziah’s Death (2 Kings 1:16-17 ) 6. Jehoram becomes king (2 Kings 1:18 ) The rebellion of Moab is here briefly mentioned. Both Omri and Ahab had oppressed Moab, and after Ahab’s... read more