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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

2 Kings 1:9

Under him; his own guards. The captain was to request him to pray for the king's recovery; (Calmet) or rather, (Haydock) to punish him for what he had said to the messengers. (Calmet) --- Of God. Procopius and others think that he spoke contemptuously, and was therefore punished. (Menochius) --- Down. The prophets are not bound to obey kings, in the exercise of their ministry. (Grotius) --- Elias complies as soon as he had orders from God. (Calmet)

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See also 2 Kings 1:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Kings 1:9. _A CAPTAIN OF FIFTY WITH HIS FIFTY._] It is impossible that such a man as Ahaziah, in such circumstances, could have had any _friendly_ designs in sending a _captain and fifty soldi...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEN THE KING SENT UNTO HIM - i. e., in order to seize and punish him. Compare 1 Kings 18:10; 1 Kings 22:27....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. ELIJAH's FINAL MINISTRY AND TRANSLATION 1. Elijah and Ahaziah CHAPTER 1 _ 1. Moab's rebellion (2 Kings 1:1)_ 2. The illness of Ahaziah (2 Kings 1:2) 3. Elijah's messa...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    2 KINGS 1:1 TO 2 KINGS 2:25. LAST DAYS AND ASCENSION OF ELIJAH: ELISHA ESTABLISHED AS HIS SUCCESSOR. Here we have perhaps a third Elijah narrative, in which the prophet is represented as playing a par...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_. App-6. MAN OF GOD. The people's name for. prophet. See App-49....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Then the king sent unto him_ Clearly Ahaziah's design was to arrest and punish Elijah, but considering that the prophet had appeared alone, the number of men sent out against him seems excessive. It...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. AHAZIAH'S EFFORTS TO ARREST ELIJAH 1:9-15 TRANSLATION (9) And he sent unto him a captain of fifty and his fifty, and he went op unto him, and behold he was sitting upon the top of a hill. And he s...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THEN THE KING SENT UNTO HIM A CAPTAIN OF FIFTY WITH HIS FIFTY. AND HE WENT UP TO HIM: AND, BEHOLD, HE SAT ON THE TOP OF AN HILL. AND HE SPAKE UNTO HIM, THOU MAN OF GOD, THE KING HATH SAID, COME DOWN....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    A CAPTAIN OF FIFTY] a recognised division of the Israelite army: cp. 1 Samuel 8:12....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ELIJAH CALLS DOWN FIRE FROM HEAVEN 1. Moab.. Ahab] Moab had been conquered by David (2 Samuel 8:2), and at the revolt of the Ten Tribes had. passed under the authority of the northern kingdom. The rev...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ ABOUT THE BOOKS OF 1 KINGS AND 2 KINGS The Books of 1 Kings and 2 Kings used to be one book. That book continued the account o...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THEN THE KING SENT. — Heb., _And he sent._ With hostile intentions, as is proved by his sending soldiers, and by the words of the angel in 2 Kings 1:15. (Comp. 1 Kings 18:8; 1 Kings 22:26, _seq._) HE...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּשְׁלַ֥ח אֵלָ֛יו שַׂר ־חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים וַ חֲ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    AHAZIAH BEN-AHAB OF ISRAEL 2 Kings 1:1 B.C. 855-854 "Ye know not of what spirit are ye." - Luke 9:55 "He is the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises." - He...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    CONSUMING FIRE 2 Kings 1:9 An awful fate overtook the first two captains; but it must be noted that they were extremely violent and arrogant in their behavior and speech. The altered tone of the last...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The history of the second Book of Kings is a continuation of that contained in the first Book. There everything ended with the dark days immediately following the death of Ahab and the passing into co...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top (f) of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come do...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    This is a most interesting passage. Observe the rage and folly of the king, in sending to seize upon the prophet. Did he hope to alter the sentence by destroying the prophet? Could he indeed conceive...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    It has been already remarked that the mission, or, at any rate, the proper ministry of Elijah closed with his own complaint against the children of Israel. God took him at his word. He pleaded against...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    If God has shewn that He took notice of His servant's fault, and did not pass it lightly over, He did not fail towards him in either tenderness or faithfulness. He acted towards him as towards a belov...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN THE KING SENT UNTO HIM A CAPTAIN OF FIFTY WITH HIS FIFTY,.... Not in honour to him, but to bring him by force if he refused to come willingly: AND HE WENT UP TO HIM, AND, BEHOLD, HE SAT ON THE T...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The king sent unto him a captain of fifty, with his fifty_ Undoubtedly with a design to apprehend him, and take away his life: for neither the untimely death of Ahab his father, nor his own late dang...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    [AHAZIAH SICKE.] 1 Moab rebelleth. 2 Ahaziah, sending to Baalzebub, hath his iudgement by Eliiah. 5 Eliiah twise bringeth fire from heauen vpon them whom Ahaziah sent to apprehend him. 13 He pitie...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Punishment of Ahaziah's Servants and his Death...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then the king sent unto him, Elijah, A CAPTAIN OF FIFTY WITH HIS FIFTY, some act of violence being intended. AND HE, the captain, WENT UP TO HIM; AND, BEHOLD, HE SAT ON THE TOP OF AN HILL, where he li...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    AHAZIAH'S FALL AND DEATH (Ch.1:1-18) Verse 1 reports that after Ahab's death Moab rebelled against Israel. As to this, Chapter s 3 and 4:27 give us a full account. Ahaziah, king of Israel, suffered...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    9-18 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 wrath of God from heaven, against the ungodliness a...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THOU MAN OF GOD; so he calls him in way of scorn and contempt: q.d. Thou that vauntest as if thou wast more than a mere man. THE KING HATH SAID, COME DOWN; the king commands thee to come to him; which...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 1:9 king H4428 sent H7971 (H8799) captain H8269 fifty H2572 fifty H2572 up H5927 (H8799) sitting...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE KING SENDS HIS GUARDS TO ARREST ELIJAH (2 KINGS 1:9). If fifty assassins had burst in on the king with the intention of killing him, and they had been mown down by his guards, no one would have ra...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE REIGN OF AHAZIAH KING OF ISRAEL C. 853-852 BC (1 KINGS 22:51 - 2 KINGS 1:18). Ahaziah, Ahab's son and king of Israel, only had a short reign of a few months (two part years) but he amply succeeded...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Elijah's message to Ahaziah. Elijah's deliverance. CHARACTERS: God, angel (Jesus), Elijah, Ahaziah. CONCLUSION: Those who will not inquire of the Word of God for their comfort will be made...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    2 Kings 1:2. _Go, enquire of Baal-zebub, whether I shall recover._ בעל זבוב _Baal-zebub,_ the god of Ekron. The LXX read Βααλ μυιαν, the lord of flies, because they swarmed about his bloody temple; bu...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty._ THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TWO CAPTAINS WITH THEIR COMPANIES Consider-- I. The steps which led up to this miracle. 1. Seeking help where it was not to...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 KINGS 1:1 The Death of Ahaziah. King Ahaziah, Ahab’s son, has been injured. He wants to know whether he will live. Elijah obeys God and delivers a message to the king. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 1:9 A CAPTAIN OF FIFTY MEN WITH HIS FIFTY.... ANOTHER... WITH HIS FIFTY. A hundred soldiers die as a result of Ahaziah’s choice to turn from God. The sins of leaders often lead...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE SICKNESS AND DEATH OF AHAZIAH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 1:1. THEN MOAB REBELLED—Since the time of David the Moabites had been tributary to Israel (2 Samuel 8:2; 2 Samuel 23:20) On...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 1:1 THE REVOLT OF MOAB. THE ILLNESS, IMPIETY, AND DEATH OF AHAZIAH The narrative of the Second Book of Kings follows on that of the First Book in the closest po

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    By Chuck Smith Now as we finish First Kings, we were dealing with basically the northern kingdom under Ahab with his wicked wife Jezebel who had brought the northern kingdom of Israel into its lowest...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 18:10; 1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 18:42; 1 Kings 19:2; 1 Kings 2

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Man of God — So he calls him by way of scorn. Come — The king commands thee to come to him: which if thou refuseth, I am to carry thee by force....

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