2 Kings 1:2-4

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 1:2

(2) Through a lattice.—Rather, the lattice, i.e., the latticed window of the chamber on the palace roof, looking into the court below. The word rendered “through” (bĕ‘ad) implies that Ahaziah was leaning out over the window-sill. (Comp. 2 Kings 9:30; Psalms 14:2.) He perhaps fell into a gallery underneath, as the palace would be several storeys high, and he was not killed by his fall. The word sĕbâkhâh means “net” in Job 18:8, and decorative “network” in metal in 1 Kings 7:18; 2 Chronicles... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 1:3

(3) But the angel . . . said.—Rather, Now the angel . . . had said. “The angel” is right. (Comp. 2 Kings 19:35.) Reuss strangely renders: “Mais une révélation de l’Eternel parla;” and adds the note, “Et non pas un ange” (!).Arise, go up.—Samaria lay on a hill, and the prophet was to meet the messengers at the gates.King of Samaria.—Not Israel, a mark of Judæan feeling.And say.—Literally, speak. LXX., Vulgate, and Arabic add “saying,” but comp. 1 Kings 21:5-6.Is it not because.—Omit “not.” So 2... 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

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Kings 1:2

1:2 And {a} Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that [was] in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of {b} Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.(a) So that he was punished for his idolatry in two ways: for the Moabites which were wont to pay him tribute rebelled and he fell out a window which was high in his house to give light beneath.(b) The Philistines who lived at Ekron worshipped this idol, the god... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Kings 1:3

1:3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, {c} [Is it] not because [there is] not a God in Israel, [that] ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?(c) He shows that idolaters do not have the true God, or else they would seek none but him alone. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 1:1-18

AHAZIAH'S FALL AND DEATH (Ch.1:1-18) Verse 1 reports that after Ahab's death Moab rebelled against Israel. As to this, chapters 3 and 4:27 give us a full account. Ahaziah, king of Israel, suffered a fall in his own home in Samaria and was badly injured. Because he had no knowledge of the God of Israel, he sent messengers to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the idolatrous god of Ekron, if he would recover from this serious injury (v.2). But God intervened by sending Elijah to intercept the messengers... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 1:1-18

ELIJAH ’S TRANSLATION HIS LAST COMMISSION (2 Kings 1:0 ) The story of Ahaziah’s reign in the last chapter of 1 Kings and the first verse of this lesson is a close link between the two books. It indicates that the death of Ahab and the accession of his son gave occasion to the Moabites for this uprising, the first since their conquest by David (1 Samuel 8:2 ). “Baalzebub” (2 Kings 1:2 ), “the lord of the fly,” was the name under which the sun-god Baal was worshipped at Ekron, the city of the... read more

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