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2 Kings 1:9 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 1 · verse 9
Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.2 Kings 1:9 · King James Version
2 Kings 1:9 in context
7And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
8And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
9Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
10And 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 and his fifty.
11Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- captainsara head personH8269 →
- fiftychămishshîymfiftyH2572 →
- spakedâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
- sentshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
- hillhara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
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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