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Again he sent to him another captain of fifty and his fifty. He answered him, man of God, thus has the king said, Come down quickly.
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Escalating Defiance
Commentators observe that King Ahaziah, undeterred by the fiery judgment on the first group, sent a second. Scholars like Gill and Ellicott highlight the added command to 'come down quickly' as a sign of increased insolence. This demonstrates a deliberate hardening of the heart against God's clear and powerful warning, a defiance even more audacious than the first.
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19th Century
Anglican
Again he also sent. —Although he had heard what had happened to his former envoys.
He answered. —The Septua…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Again also he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty The king, not being at all terrified with the awful jud…
Presbyterian
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…