2 Kings 1:1-9 ASV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 1:1

2 Kings 1:1. Then Moab rebelled against Israel Paid them no more tribute, but utterly disclaimed their authority over them. Moab had been subdued by David, as Edom was; and, upon the division of his kingdom, the former was adjoined to that of Israel, and the latter to that of Judah, each to that kingdom upon which it bordered. But when the kingdoms of Israel and Judah were weak, and forsaken by God, they took that opportunity to revolt from them: Moab here, and Edom a little after. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 1:2

2 Kings 1:2. Ahaziah fell through a lattice in his upper chamber Houbigant renders it, Through the lattice into his upper chamber. He thinks that as Ahaziah was walking upon the top of the house, the wooden lattice gave way, and he fell through. Go and inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron The word Baal-zebub, properly means the god of flies. This idol was so called, because it was supposed to deliver the Ekronites from flies, with which they were much pestered, being situated on... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 1:3

2 Kings 1:3. Is it not because, &c. There are two negatives in the Hebrew text, which increase the sense, Is it not because there is no God, none in Israel? That is, Do you not plainly declare that you think there is no God, none at all in Israel? That he knows nothing, and can do nothing? which makes you send to Ekron, as if there were a more knowing and mighty, if not the only God there. God had expressly said, that he had given prophets to the Israelites to inform them of future... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 1:5

2 Kings 1:5 . He said, Why are ye now turned back? Before you have been at Ekron: which he knew by their quick return. To avoid a repetition, we have no account given of the prophet’s meeting them, other than what they give of it themselves at their return. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 1:6

2 Kings 1:6. There came a man up to meet us Elijah was a man of such a venerable presence, and spake to them with such authority, in the name of the Lord, that they were overawed thereby, and induced to obey him rather than the king. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 1:8

2 Kings 1:8. They answered, He was a hairy man This may either denote his wearing long hair on his head and beard, according to the manner of the ancient Greek philosophers, or it may signify that he was clad with a hairy garment, that is, with a skin that had not been dressed, such as the prophets were wont to wear, (Isaiah 20:2; Zechariah 13:4; Matthew 3:4,) and eminent persons in Greece in ancient times; and such clothing the poorer Arabians use at this day. The prophets, doubtless, used... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 1:9

2 Kings 1:9. The king sent unto him a captain of fifty, with his fifty Undoubtedly with a design to apprehend him, and take away his life: for neither the untimely death of Ahab his father, nor his own late dangerous fall, and his sickness in consequence of it, nor the thoughts of death, had made any good impression on his mind, or possessed him with the fear of God: and he was so far from making any good improvement of the warning now given him, that he was evidently enraged against the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

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 1:1

Moab rebelled. Moab had been subdued by David (2 Samuel 8:2 ; 2 Samuel 23:20 ); and when the kingdom was divided it passed to Israel. It was greatly oppressed by Omri and Ahab, and, on the death of the latter (Compare 2 Kings 3:5 ), Mesha, king of Moab, rebelled. See the record of the event on "the Moabite stone". App-54 . The verse is introduced here to complete the symmetry of the introversion. after. The inscription on the Moabite stone leaves the exact date indefinite. Line five, "Israel... read more

E.W. Bullinger

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

lattice = network or balustrade, which protected the open window of the upper chamber. Compare Judges 3:20 ; Jdg 5:28 . 1 Kings 17:19 . 1 Kings 4:10 . Baal-zebub = Lord of flies. Later Jews polluted it by changing it to Beelzebul (Lord of dung or dunghills), In Matthew 12:24 it is in Greek Baal-zebul = lord of abominable idols; the prince of idols and idolatry; the worst and chief of all wickedness. Imagine the blasphemy. Ekron. One of the five Philistine cities. Joshua 13:3 . read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 1:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 1:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 1:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 1:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 1:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 1:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 1:9

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 1:1-18

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

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

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