And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I [be] a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. (g) And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
(g) He declares the power God's word has in the mouth of his servants, when they threaten God's judgments against the wicked.
Verse 2 Kings 1:10. _AND THERE CAME DOWN FIRE_] Some have blamed the prophet for destroying these men, by bringing down fire from heaven upon them. But they do not consider that it was no more possib...
The charge of cruelty made against Elijah makes it needful to consider the question: What was Elijah’s motive? And the answer is: Sharply to make a signal example, to vindicate God’s honor in a striki...
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...
LET FIRE COME DOWN. Quoted in Luke 9:54....
_If I_be _a man of God_ The spirit of the Law differs from that of the Gospel, and our Lord forbad (Luke 9:55) his disciples the wish to imitate Elijah. But in the light which he had, Elijah felt that...
IF I BE A MAN OF GOD, THEN LET FIRE COME DOWN, &C.— We have before observed, that many of these prophetical denunciations might be rendered with equal propriety in the future; by which means they woul...
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...
_AND ELIJAH ANSWERED AND SAID TO THE CAPTAIN OF FIFTY, IF I BE A MAN OF GOD, THEN LET FIRE COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, AND CONSUME THEE AND THY FIFTY. AND THERE CAME DOWN FIRE FROM HEAVEN, AND CONSUMED HIM...
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...
LET FIRE COME DOWN] The king in despatching soldiers to arrest the prophet dishonoured the Lord, whose servant Elijah was; and the unity that subsisted between a king and his subjects (as between a fa...
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...
AND ELIJAH ANSWERED AND SAID. — So Syriac and LXX. Heb., _and spake_. IF. — Heb., _And if a man of the god I_ (truly be). This “and” closely connects the prophet’s reply with the captain’s demand. Al...
וַ יַּעֲנֶ֣ה אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ וַ יְדַבֵּר֮ אֶל ־שׂ
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...
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...
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...
Let fire, &c. Elias was inspired to call down fire from heaven upon these captains, who came to apprehend him; not out of a desire to gratify any private passion, but to punish the insult offered to r...
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...
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 ELIJAH ANSWERED AND SAID TO THE CAPTAIN OF FIFTY, IF I BE A MAN OF GOD,.... As I am, and thou shalt know it by the following token, though thou callest me so jeeringly: THEN LET FIRE COME DOWN FR...
And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I [be] a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed hi...
_Elijah said, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down_, &c. This prayer or denunciation of Elijah did not proceed from malice and hatred to his enemies, nor from a desire to secure himself, whic...
[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...
The Punishment of Ahaziah's Servants and his Death...
And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven and consume thee and thy fifty. This has been transcribed as follows: "If I be a man of...
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...
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...
Elijah's desire did not proceed from a carnal and malicious passion; but from a pure zeal to vindicate God's name and honour, which was so horribly abused; and from the motion of God's Spirit, as is e...
2 Kings 1:10 Elijah H452 answered H6030 (H8799) said H1696 (H8762) captain H8269 fifty H2572 man H376 God...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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. ⇐...
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 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 18:36; 1 Kings 22:28; 2 Chronicles 36:16; 2 Kings 2:23;...
Let fire, &c. — Elijah did this, not to secure himself, he could have done that some other way: nor to revenge himself, for it was not his own cause that he acted in: but to prove his mission, and to...