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Verse 2 Kings 1:4. _BUT SHALT SURELY DIE._] The true God tells you
this; he in whose hands are both life and death, who can kill and make
alive. Baal-zebub can do nothing; God has determined that your...
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THEREFORE ... - As a punishment for this insult to Yahweh....
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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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SHALT SURELY DIE. Same as Genesis 2:17....
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_And Elijah departed_ i.e. to fulfil the command which had been given
him by the angel. The LXX. adds -and spake unto them". The compiler of
the Kings leaves out here any mention of the first meeting...
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THOU SHALT NOT COME DOWN FROM THAT BED, &C.— At one end of each
chamber in the eastern buildings there is a little gallery raised
three, four, or five feet above the floor, having a ballustrade in the...
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B. THE ILLNESS OF AHAZIAH (2 Kings 1:1-8)
TRANSLATION
(1) Now Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. (2) And
Ahaziah fell through a lattice in his upper chamber which was in
Samaria, a...
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_NOW THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD, THOU SHALT NOT COME DOWN FROM THAT
BED ON WHICH THOU ART GONE UP, BUT SHALT SURELY DIE. AND ELIJAH
DEPARTED._
Thou shalt not come down from that bed. On being take...
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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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NOW THEREFORE. — For this act of faithlessness, and to prove by the
event that there is a God in Israel, whose oracle is unerring. (Comp.
1 Kings 18:24, seq.)
THUS SAITH. — Or,_ hath said._ After thes...
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וְ לָכֵן֙ כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הַ
מִּטָּ֞ה
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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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A MESSAGE FROM THE TRUE GOD
2 Kings 1:1
The king's accident was probably due to the giving way of the
balustrade that surrounded the roof of his palace. The Law expressly
provided that this lattice-w...
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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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_Away; probably to his usual abode, at Carmel, where the king sent to
seize him._...
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Reader! to what a wretched state was Israel reduced, in consequence of
their idolatry! It is almost incredible to conceive how the mind of
any man could ever be so degenerate as to fancy a dumb idol c...
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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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NOW THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD,.... Jehovah, the only true God:
THOU SHALT NOT COME DOWN FROM THAT BED ON WHICH THOU ART GONE UP, BUT
SHALL SURELY DIE; this sickness should be unto death, and the...
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Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that
bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah
departed.
Ver. 4. _Thou shalt surely die._] _Tempore non tuo_ Ecc...
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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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Now, therefore, thus saith the Lord, as a punishment upon the king for
this new exhibition of idolatry, THOU SHALT NOT COME DOWN FROM THAT
BED ON WHICH THOU ART GONE UP, BUT SHALT SURELY DIE. AND ELIJ...
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Elijah Prophesies Ahaziah's Death...
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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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THOU SHALT NOT COME DOWN FROM THAT BED ON WHICH THOU ART GONE UP:
_ Heb._ the bed, whither thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down
from it...
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1-8 When Ahaziah rebelled against the Lord, Moab revolted from him.
Sin weakens and impoverishes us. Man's revolt from God is often
punished by the rebellion of those who owe subjection to him. Ahazi...
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NOW THEREFORE; for this was a very heinous crime, to deny the
perfections of God, and to transfer them to an idol. See LEVITICUS
19:31, LEVITICUS 20:6,27 DEU 18:10. ELIJAH DEPARTED; the messengers
not...
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2 Kings 1:4 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 down H3381 (H8799) bed H4296
up H5927 (H8804) surely...
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AHAZIAH'S ACCIDENT AND HIS INTENTION OF CONSULTING THE OCCULT INSTEAD
OF YHWH WHICH IS THWARTED BY ELIJAH (2 KINGS 1:2).
2 Kings 1:2
‘ And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber
w...
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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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_And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice._
WORLDLY ROYALTY AND PERSONAL GODLINESS
I. Worldly royalty in a humiliating condition.
1. A king in mortal suffering.
2. A king in mental distress.
3. A...
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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 1:3 In a scene similar to the opening verses
of 1 Kings 19:1, when Ahaziah sends messengers (2 Kings
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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...