2 Kings 1:14
Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Behold, there came fire down from heaven and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties,.... He owns the facts, and ascribes the death of them to the true cause, and appears to…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Behold, there came fire down from heaven Here is another point in which the brevity of the narrative leaves much for conjecture. How was the news of the first and second destruction brought, and its…
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