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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...
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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...
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IS IT NOT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6), or "was it
because", &c....
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_AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, THUS SAITH THE LORD, FORASMUCH AS THOU HAST
SENT MESSENGERS TO INQUIRE OF BAALZEBUB THE GOD OF EKRON, IS IT NOT
BECAUSE THERE IS NO GOD IN ISRAEL TO INQUIRE OF HIS WORD? THEREFO...
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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...
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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...
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AND HE SAID. — Heb., _spake_. The LXX. adds, “and Elijah said.”
IS IT NOT BECAUSE. — Omit “not.” The question is here
parenthetic, the connection of the main sentence being, “Forasmuch
as thou hast s...
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וַ יְדַבֵּ֨ר אֵלָ֜יו כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֣ר
יְהוָ֗ה יַ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Oh! how faithful is the prophet, when the Lord God of the prophets
strengthens him! And, oh! how timid is the sinner, when the hand of
God is upon him! Behold, Reader! the sure end of the ungodly: he...
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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...
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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...
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AND HE SAID UNTO HIM,.... Elijah to King Ahaziah when introduced into
his chamber; and after some discourse passed between them, he
confirmed what he had said to his messengers, and expressed it in th...
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_And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast
sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, [is it] not
because [there is] no God in Israel to enquire of his word? the...
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_He arose and went down with him_ Not fearing the rage of the king,
nor that of Jezebel, or all their forces: wherein he gives an eminent
example of his faith in God's protection, and obedience to his...
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[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...
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The Punishment of Ahaziah's Servants and his Death...
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And he, without giving Ahaziah an opportunity to heap maledictions
upon him, SAID UNTO HIM, THUS SAITH THE LORD, FORASMUCH AS THOU HAST
SENT MESSENGERS TO ENQUIRE OF BAALZEBUB, THE GOD OF EKRON, IS IT...
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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...
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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...
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AND HE SAID UNTO HIM; to his very face. Nor durst the king lay hands
upon him, being daunted with the prophet's presence, and great
courage, and confidence; and affrighted by the late dreadful evidenc...
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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...
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ELIJAH CONFIRMS THE DEATH SENTENCE ON AHAZIAH FOR WHAT YHWH SAW AS HIS
BLASPHEMOUS BEHAVIOUR (2 KINGS 1:16).
2 Kings 1:16
‘And he said to him, “Thus says YHWH, Forasmuch as you have sent
messengers t...
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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...
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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...
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_Go down with him, be not afraid._
THE OLD COURAGE AGAIN
The age of the Mosaic Law, which shed its empire over the times of
Elijah, was preeminently the era in which those awful and splendid
attribut...
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_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...
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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.
⇐...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 1:13 THIRD CAPTAIN. This man shows Elijah
respect as a prophet of the Lord. Ahaziah has his desired meeting with
Elijah, but it changes nothing: the king dies. His brother JEHO...
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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...
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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
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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...
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1 Kings 14:6; 1 Kings 21:18; 1 Kings 22:28; 2 Kings 1:3; 2 Kings 1:4
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He said — To his very face. Nor durst the king lay hands upon him,
being daunted with the prophet's presence, and confidence; and
affrighted by the late dreadful evidence of his power with God....