2 Kings 1:6

Thou sendest. — Art sending. Elijah had said, ye are going, in his question to the messengers (2 Kings 1:3). (See Note on 2 Kings 1:4.) Bähr is wrong in supposing the servants anxious to shift the prophet’s blame from themselves to their lord, or that Elijah had addressed them as accomplices in the king’s guilt. They had no choice but to obey the royal mandate.