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A Hostile Summons
Commentators agree that King Ahaziah's sending a captain and fifty soldiers was not a respectful invitation but a hostile act. The intent was to seize Elijah, by force if necessary, setting up a direct confrontation between the king's earthly power and God's authority.
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Kings 1:9
18th Century
Theologian
Then the king sent to him - that is, in order to seize and punish him. Compare 1 Kings 18:10; 1 Kings 22:27.
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Kings 1:9
19th Century
Bishop
Then the king sent. —Heb., And he sent. With hostile intentions, as is proved by his sending soldiers, and by the words o…
John Gill
On 2 Kings 1:9
17th Century
Pastor
Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty , &c.] Not in honour to him, but to bring him by force if he …
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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…