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2 Kings 1:6

2 Kings 1:6
And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And they said unto him, there came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, go, turn again unto the king that sent you,.... King Ahaziah:

and say unto him; and then they repeated all that is said by…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Kings 1:1-8

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

There came a man up to meet The R.V. puts -up" before -a man", because the Hebrew verb signifies -to come up". So in A.V. in the next verse. It would appear as though the prophet had met the…

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