Then he said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Since you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron—is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His word? Therefore you will not get down from the bed upon which you have lain, but you shall certainly die.’ ”

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

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19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

And he said. — Hebrew, spoke. The Septuagint adds, “and Elijah said.”

Is it not because. — Omit “…

John Gill

John Gill

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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And he said to him Elijah to King Ahaziah when introduced into his chamber; and after some discourse passed between them,…

Matthew Henry

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…