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A Standard Historical Note
Commentators explain that this verse is a standard concluding formula used by the compiler of the book of Kings. It signals the end of the account for a specific king and points to a more comprehensive, but now lost, historical record known as 'the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.'
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2 Kings
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Charles Ellicott
On 2 Kings 1:17–18
19th Century
Bishop
Concluding remarks added by the compiler.
John Gill
On 2 Kings 1:18
17th Century
Pastor
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did
During his two years' reign, which yet were imperfect, and his acts…
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…