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.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
Therefore ... - As a punishment for this insult to Yahweh.
Adam Clarke
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 master shall die.
We have here Ahaziah, the wicked king of Israel, under God's rebukes both by his providence and by his prophet, by his rod and by his word.
I. He is crossed in his affairs. How can those expect to…
Cambridge Bible
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 of…
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