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Vindicating God's Honor
All commentators agree that Elijah's shocking act was not driven by personal revenge but by a divine impulse to vindicate God's honor. King Ahaziah had essentially challenged God by sending soldiers to arrest His prophet. God's response with fire was a public and powerful confirmation of Elijah's mission and a demonstration of His own supreme authority against ungodliness.
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Kings 1:10
18th Century
Theologian
The charge of cruelty against Elijah requires us to consider his motive. His purpose was to make a sharp, public example and to vindicate God's hon…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Kings 1:10
19th Century
Bishop
And Elijah answered and said. —So the Syriac and Septuagint. Hebrew, and spake.
If. —Hebrew: …
John Gill
On 2 Kings 1:10
17th Century
Pastor
And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, if I be a man of God As I am, and you shall know it by the followin…
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Kings 1:9–18
17th Century
Minister
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…