Verse 2 Kings 1:2. _FELL DOWN THROUGH A LATTICE_] Perhaps either through the flat root of his house, or over or through the balustrades with which the roof was surrounded. _GO, INQUIRE OF BAAL-ZEBUB...
A LATTICE - The “upper chamber” had probably a single latticed window, through which Ahaziah fell. Windows in the East are to this day generally closed by lattices of interlaced wood, which open outwa...
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...
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...
LATTICE. network or balustrade, which protected the open window of the upper chamber. Compare Judges 3:20. Jdg 5:28. 1 Kings 17:19; 1 Kings 4:10. BAAL-ZEBUB. Lord of flies. Later Jews polluted it by c...
_And Ahaziah fell down through a_[R.V. THE] _lattice_ From the use of the word rendered -lattice" elsewhere (cf. Job 18:8), it must mean some kind of net or trellis-work put in front of an open space,...
AHAZIAH FELL DOWN THROUGH A LATTICE IN HIS UPPER CHAMBER— _Through the lattice into his upper chamber,_ Houbigant; who thinks that as he was walking on the top of the house the wooden lattice gave way...
B. THE ILLNESS OF AHAZIAH (2 Kings 1:1-8) TRANSLATION (1) Now Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. (2) And Ahaziah fell through a lattice in his upper chamber which was in Samaria, a...
_AND AHAZIAH FELL DOWN THROUGH A LATTICE IN HIS UPPER CHAMBER THAT WAS IN SAMARIA, AND WAS SICK: AND HE SENT MESSENGERS, AND SAID UNTO THEM, GO, INQUIRE OF BAALZEBUB THE GOD OF EKRON WHETHER I SHALL R...
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...
A LATTICE] lit. 'a network,'—perhaps a balustrade. BAAL-ZEBUB] supposed to mean 'lord of flies,' in the sense of being their controller and averter, since flies are one of the greatest plagues of East...
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...
THROUGH A LATTICE. — Rather, the _lattice_, i.e., the latticed window of the chamber on the palace roof, looking into the court below. The word rendered “through” (_bĕ‘ad_) implies that Ahaziah was le...
וַ יִּפֹּ֨ל אֲחַזְיָ֜ה בְּעַ֣ד הַ שְּׂבָכָ֗ה...
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...
A MESSAGE FROM THE TRUE GOD 2 Kings 1:1 The king's accident was probably due to the giving way of the balustrade that surrounded the roof of his palace. The Law expressly provided that this lattice-w...
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...
And (a) Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that [was] in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of (b) Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether...
Lattices, by a skylight, (Haydock) or trap-door, designed to give light to the room below, into which the king fell. The roofs are generally flat in the East, and covered with earth mixed with straw,...
Reader! to what a wretched state was Israel reduced, in consequence of their idolatry! It is almost incredible to conceive how the mind of any man could ever be so degenerate as to fancy a dumb idol c...
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...
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...
AND AHAZIAH FELL DOWN A LATTICE IN HIS UPPER CHAMBER THAT WAS IN SAMARIA,.... Which was either a window or lattice in the form of network, to let in light; or rather were the rails of a balcony or bat...
And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that [was] in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall...
_Ahaziah fell through a lattice in his upper chamber_ Houbigant renders it, _Through the lattice into his upper chamber._ He thinks that as Ahaziah was walking upon the top of the house, the wooden la...
[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...
And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, through a latticed window-opening such as were common in the Orient, AND WAS SICK, being severely injured by his fall....
Elijah Prophesies Ahaziah's Death...
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...
1-8 When Ahaziah rebelled against the Lord, Moab revolted from him. Sin weakens and impoverishes us. Man's revolt from God is often punished by the rebellion of those who owe subjection to him. Ahazi...
IN HIS UPPER CHAMBER; in which the lattice might be left to convey light into the lower room; which if it now seem to be absurd in a king's palace, we must not think it was so then, when the world was...
2 Kings 1:2 Ahaziah H274 through H5307 (H8799) lattice H7639 room H5944 Samaria H8111 injured H2470 (H8799) sent...
AHAZIAH'S ACCIDENT AND HIS INTENTION OF CONSULTING THE OCCULT INSTEAD OF YHWH WHICH IS THWARTED BY ELIJAH (2 KINGS 1:2). 2 Kings 1:2 ‘ And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber w...
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...
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...
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...
_And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice._ WORLDLY ROYALTY AND PERSONAL GODLINESS I. Worldly royalty in a humiliating condition. 1. A king in mortal suffering. 2. A king in mental distress. 3. A...
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...
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
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...
1 Kings 11:33; 1 Kings 14:3; 1 Kings 22:34; 1 Samuel 5:10;...
Chamber — In which, the lattess might be left to convey light into the lower room. But the words may be rendered, through the battlements (or through the lattess in the battlements) of the roof of the...