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Text -- 2 Kings 1:9 (NET)

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1:9 The king sent a captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. The captain went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill. He told him, “Prophet, the king says, ‘Come down!’”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Elijah a prophet from the 9th century B.C.,a prophet from Tishbe in Gilead to Israel in King Ahab's time,son of Jeroham of Benjamin,a priest of the Harim clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Bani Elam clan who put away his heathen wife


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Reproof | Prophecy | Persecution | Malice | Governor | Fire | Elijah | Captain | CARMEL | Armies | Ahaziah | ARMY | more
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TSK Synopsis , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Keil-Delitzsch , Constable , Guzik

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: 2Ki 1:9 - -- So he calls him by way of scorn.

So he calls him by way of scorn.

Wesley: 2Ki 1:9 - -- The king commands thee to come to him: which if thou refuseth, I am to carry thee by force.

The king commands thee to come to him: which if thou refuseth, I am to carry thee by force.

JFB: 2Ki 1:9 - -- Any appearance of cruelty that there is in the fate of the two captains and their men will be removed, on a full consideration of the circumstances. G...

Any appearance of cruelty that there is in the fate of the two captains and their men will be removed, on a full consideration of the circumstances. God being the King of Israel, Ahaziah was bound to govern the kingdom according to the divine law; to apprehend the Lord's prophet, for discharging a commanded duty, was that of an impious and notorious rebel. The captains abetted the king in his rebellion; and they exceeded their military duty by contemptuous insults.

JFB: 2Ki 1:9 - -- In using this term, they either spoke derisively, believing him to be no true prophet; or, if they regarded him as a true prophet, the summons to him ...

In using this term, they either spoke derisively, believing him to be no true prophet; or, if they regarded him as a true prophet, the summons to him to surrender himself bound to the king was a still more flagrant insult; the language of the second captain being worse than that of the first.

Clarke: 2Ki 1:9 - -- A captain of fifty with his fifty - It is impossible that such a man as Ahaziah, in such circumstances, could have had any friendly designs in sendi...

A captain of fifty with his fifty - It is impossible that such a man as Ahaziah, in such circumstances, could have had any friendly designs in sending a captain and fifty soldiers for the prophet; and the manner in which they are treated shows plainly that they went with a hostile intent

Clarke: 2Ki 1:9 - -- And he spake unto him, Thou man of God - Thou prophet of the Most High.

And he spake unto him, Thou man of God - Thou prophet of the Most High.

TSK: 2Ki 1:9 - -- sent unto : 2Ki 6:13, 2Ki 6:14; 1Ki 18:4, 1Ki 18:10, 1Ki 19:2, 1Ki 22:8, 1Ki 22:26, 1Ki 22:27; Mat 14:3 he sat : 1Ki 18:42; Luk 6:11, Luk 6:12 Thou ma...

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: 2Ki 1:9 - -- Then the king sent unto him - i. e., in order to seize and punish him. Compare 1Ki 18:10; 1Ki 22:27.

Then the king sent unto him - i. e., in order to seize and punish him. Compare 1Ki 18:10; 1Ki 22:27.

Poole: 2Ki 1:9 - -- Thou man of God so he calls him in way of scorn and contempt: q.d. Thou that vauntest as if thou wast more than a mere man. The king hath said, Come...

Thou man of God so he calls him in way of scorn and contempt: q.d. Thou that vauntest as if thou wast more than a mere man.

The king hath said, Come down the king commands thee to come to him; which if thou refusest, I am here to carry thee to him by force.

Haydock: 2Ki 1:9 - -- Under him; his own guards. The captain was to request him to pray for the king's recovery; (Calmet) or rather, (Haydock) to punish him for what he h...

Under him; his own guards. The captain was to request him to pray for the king's recovery; (Calmet) or rather, (Haydock) to punish him for what he had said to the messengers. (Calmet) ---

Of God. Procopius and others think that he spoke contemptuously, and was therefore punished. (Menochius) ---

Down. The prophets are not bound to obey kings, in the exercise of their ministry. (Grotius) ---

Elias complies as soon as he had orders from God. (Calmet)

Gill: 2Ki 1:9 - -- Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty,.... Not in honour to him, but to bring him by force if he refused to come willingly: ...

Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty,.... Not in honour to him, but to bring him by force if he refused to come willingly:

and he went up to him, and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill; generally supposed to be Mount Carmel:

and he spake unto him; at the bottom of the hill, so loud that he might hear him:

thou man of God; or the prophet of the Lord, as the Targum, as thou callest thyself; for this was said in a sneering, flouting, manner:

the king hath said, come down; and in the king's name he ordered him to come down, signifying, if he would not, he would send his men to fetch him down.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 2Ki 1:9 Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 10, 11, 12, 13).

Geneva Bible: 2Ki 1:9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top ( f ) of an hill. And he spake un...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: 2Ki 1:1-18 - --1 Moab rebels.2 Ahaziah, sending to Baal-zebub, hath his judgment by Elijah.5 Elijah twice brings fire from heaven upon them whom Ahaziah sent to appr...

MHCC: 2Ki 1:9-18 - --Elijah called for fire from heaven, to consume the haughty, daring sinners; not to secure himself, but to prove his mission, and to reveal the wrath o...

Matthew Henry: 2Ki 1:9-18 - -- Here, I. The king issues out a warrant for the apprehending of Elijah. If the God of Ekron had told him he should die, it is probable he would have ...

Keil-Delitzsch: 2Ki 1:9-10 - -- After having executed the divine command, Elijah returned to the summit of the mountain, on which he dwelt. Most of the commentators suppose it to h...

Constable: 2Ki 1:1-18 - --3. Ahaziah's evil reign in Israel 1 Kings 22:51-2 Kings 1:1-18 (continued) Second Kings begins w...

Guzik: 2Ki 1:1-18 - --2 Kings 1 - Ahaziah and Elijah A. Ahaziah's injury. 1. (1-2) Ahaziah seeks Baal-Zebub. Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. Now A...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: 2 Kings (Book Introduction) THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS, in the ancient copies of the Hebrew Bible, constitute one book. Various titles have been given them; in the Septu...

JFB: 2 Kings (Outline) MOAB REBELS. (2Ki 1:1) AHAZIAH'S JUDGMENT BY ELIJAH. (2Ki 1:2-8) ELIJAH BRINGS FIRE FROM HEAVEN ON AHAZIAH'S MESSENGERS. (2Ki 1:9-16) AHAZIAH DIES, A...

TSK: 2 Kings (Book Introduction) The events detailed in these books (Kings) are highly interesting and important. The account of the wisdom, magnificence, and extended commerce of So...

TSK: 2 Kings 1 (Chapter Introduction) Overview 2Ki 1:1, Moab rebels; 2Ki 1:2, Ahaziah, sending to Baal-zebub, hath his judgment by Elijah; 2Ki 1:5, Elijah twice brings fire from heaven...

Poole: 2 Kings 1 (Chapter Introduction) SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS COMMONLY CALLED , THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE KINGS 2 KINGS CHAPTER 1 Moab rebelleth against Israel, 2Ki 1:1 . Ahaziah being sic...

MHCC: 2 Kings 1 (Chapter Introduction) (2Ki 1:1-8) The revolt of Moab-Sickness of Ahaziah, king of Israel. (2Ki 1:9-18) Fire called from heaven by Elijah-Death of Ahaziah.

Matthew Henry: 2 Kings (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Second Book of Kings This second book of the Kings (which the Septuagint, numbering from Samuel, ca...

Matthew Henry: 2 Kings 1 (Chapter Introduction) We here find Ahaziah, the genuine son and successor of Ahab, on the throne of Israel. His reign continued not two years; he died by a fall in his o...

Constable: 2 Kings (Book Introduction) Introduction Second Kings continues the narrative begun in 1 Kings. It opens with the translation of godly Elijah to hea...

Constable: 2 Kings (Outline) Outline (Continued from notes on 1 Kings) 3. Ahaziah's evil reign in Israel -1 Kings 22:51-2...

Constable: 2 Kings 2 Kings Bibliography Ackroyd, Peter R. "An Interpretation of the Babylonian Exile: A Study of 2 Kings 20, Isaia...

Haydock: 2 Kings (Book Introduction) THE FOURTH BOOK OF KINGS. INTRODUCTION. This Book brings us to the conclusion of the kingdom of Israel, (chap. xvii.) and to the captivity of ...

Gill: 2 Kings (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS This, and the preceding book, are properly but one book divided into two parts, because of the size of it, as the book of S...

Gill: 2 Kings 1 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 1 This chapter begins with the rebellion of Moab against Israel, 2Ki 1:1, relates a fall of the king of Israel in his house...

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