2 Kings 1:13 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

Once more the king sent a third captain with fifty men. But this time the captain went up the hill and fell to his knees before Elijah. He pleaded with him, “O man of God, please spare my life and the lives of these, your fifty servants.

Commentaries

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

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…