and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, `Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Ba'al-ze'bub, the god of Ekron,--is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word?--therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone, but you shall surely die.'"

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

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

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

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…

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