2 Kings 1:9-16

1:9

sent ... captain <07971 08269> [sent unto.]

sitting <03427> [he sat.]

Prophet <0376> [Thou man.]

1:10

prophet <0376> [If I be a man.]

fire .............. Fire <0784> [let fire.]

Or, rather, as the original literally imports, and the LXX. render, [katabesetai pyr,] fire shall come down; Elijah's words being simply declarative, and not imprecatory.

consume ............... consumed <0398> [consumed.]

1:11

king <07725> [Again.]

Prophet <0376> [O man.]

1:12

1:13

king sent <07725 07971> [he sent again.]

fell .... knees <03766 01290> [fell on. Heb. bowed.]

begged for mercy <02603> [besought.]

Prophet <0430 0376> [O man of God.]

1:14

came down <03381> [Behold.]

life <05315> [let my life.]

1:15

afraid <06440 03372> [be not afraid of him.]

1:16

sent <07971> [Forasmuch.]

Baal Zebub <01176> [Baal-zebub.]

Literally, "the lord of flies;" or, as the LXX. render, [Baal mwean theon,] Baal the fly god. See note on Ex 8:24.

[on which thou are gone up.]

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 Ge 49:4.