So the king again sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty men. When the third captain of fifty went up, he came and bowed down on his knees before Elijah, and begged him and said to him, “You man of God, please let my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your sight.
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A captain of the third fifty. — Literally, a captain of a third fifty. But 2 Kings 1:11, “another captain of …
John Gill
JohnGill
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century
And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty, etc. Which was most daring and insolent, and showed him to…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century
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…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott