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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...
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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...
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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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LET FIRE COME DOWN. Quoted in Luke 9:54....
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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 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...
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וַ יַּעֲנֶ֣ה אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ וַ יְדַבֵּר֮
אֶל ־שׂ
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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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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 consume...
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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...
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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...
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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 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...
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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...
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_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...
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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 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...
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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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2 Kings 1:10 Elijah H452 answered H6030 (H8799) said H1696 (H8762)
captain H8269 fifty H2572 man H376 God...
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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...
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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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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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_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 1:9 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...
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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 18:36; 1 Kings 22:28; 2 Chronicles 36:16; 2 Kings 2:23;...
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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...