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The fire consumed their young men - Fire here may be regarded as an image of destructive war, as in (Numbers 21:28): For t…

Were not given. —See margin. The desolation and misery were marked by the absence of the glad nuptial song.

But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. For they provoked him to anger with th…

The fire consumed their young men
Not Nadab and Abihu, as some of the Jewish Rabbins interpret it, of which Jarchi m…

After the Israelites were settled in Canaan, their children were like their fathers. God gave them his testimonies, but they turned back. Presumptu…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes