Then the king sent to him - that is, in order to seize and punish him. Compare 1 Kings 18:10; 1 Kings 22:27.

Then the king sent. —Heb., And he sent. With hostile intentions, as is proved by his sending soldiers, and by the words o…

Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty , &c.] Not in honour to him, but to bring him by force if he …

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 wrat…