2 Kings 1:5
And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And when the messengers turned back unto him,.... To Ahaziah king of Israel, as they did as soon as Elijah was gone from them; concluding from his habit, his gravity, and the authority with which he…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said More literally with R.V., And the messengers returned unto him and he said. The pronoun refers to the sick king in Samaria. They could only have…