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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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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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Concluding remarks added by the compiler....
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THE ACTS. — _Dibrê, i.e._, history.
WHICH HE DID. — Some MSS. and the Syriac read “and all that he
did,” which seems correct.
THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES OF THE KINGS. — See Introduction, and 1
Kings...
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וְ יֶ֛תֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י אֲחַזְיָ֖הוּ
אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה...
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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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REFLECTIONS
BEHOLD, my soul, awfully behold, in the sad example of Ahaziah and his
captains of fifty, with their fifties, how sin hardens the heart, and
renders men ripe for punishment! See in them th...
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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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[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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Now, the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not
written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? The
story of Elijah's punishment of the blasphemous captains and their
ban...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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2 Kings 1:18 rest H3499 acts H1697 Ahaziah H274 did H6213 (H8804)
written H3789 (H8803) book H5612 chronicles...
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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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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 14:19; 1 Kings 22:39...