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2 Kings 1:18 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 1 · verse 18
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?2 Kings 1:18 · King James Version
2 Kings 1:18 in context
16And 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? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
17So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
18Now 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?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- chroniclesyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
- AhaziahʼĂchazyâhAchazjah, the name of a Jewish and an Israelite kingH274 →
- writtenkâthabto grave, by implication, to writeH3789 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- kingsmeleka kingH4428 →
- restyetherproperly, an overhangingH3499 →
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Here, I. The king issues out a warrant for the apprehending of Elijah. If the God of Ekron had told him he should die, it is probable he would have taken it quietly; but now that a prophet of the Lord tells him so, reproving him for his sin and reminding him of the God of Israel, he cannot bear it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-18