And Elijah said to the king, “This is what the Lord says: Why did you send messengers to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will recover? Is there no God in Israel to answer your question? Therefore, because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.”
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And he said. — Hebrew, spoke. The Septuagint adds, “and Elijah said.”
Is it not because. — Omit “…
John Gill
JohnGill
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
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
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