2 Kings 1:11

Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Again	וַיָּ֜שָׁב vai.Ya.shov	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
sent	וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח vai.yish.Lach	H7971	to send away · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
another	אַחֵ֖ר 'a.Cher	H312	properly · adjective, masculine singular absolute
captain	שַׂר sar-	H8269	a head person (of any rank or class) · noun, common masculine singular construct
fifty	חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים cha.mi.Shim	H2572	fifty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
fifty	וַחֲמִשָּׁ֑יו va.cha.mi.Shav	H2572	fifty · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
answered	וַיַּ֙עַן֙ vai.Ya.'an	H6030	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
said	וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר vay.da.Ber	H1696	perhaps properly · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
man	אִ֚ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular construct
God	הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים ha.'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
king	הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
said	אָמַ֥ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
down	רֵֽדָה Re.dah	H3381	to descend (literally · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic he
quickly	מְהֵרָ֥ה me.he.Rah	H4120	properly · adverb

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Numbers 16:41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people…
1 Samuel 6:9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know th…
1 Samuel 22:17-19 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and…
Proverbs 29:12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
Isaiah 26:11 LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine…
Isaiah 32:7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh ri…
Jeremiah 5:3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refuse…
Matthew 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Beth…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 1:9–end

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 tells him so, reproving him for his sin and reminding him of the God of Israel, he cannot bear it. So far is he from making any good improvement of the warning given him that he is enraged against the prophet; neither his sickness, nor the thoughts of death, made any good impressions upon him, nor possessed him with any fear of God. No external alarms will startle and soften secure sinners, but rather exasperate them. Did the king think Elijah a prophet, a true prophet? Why then durst he persec…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 1:10

let fire come down--rather, "fire shall come down." Not to avenge a personal insult of Elijah, but an insult upon God in the person of His prophet; and the punishment was inflicted, not by the prophet, but by the direct hand of God.

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 1:10

And there came down fire - Some have blamed the prophet for destroying these men, by bringing down fire from heaven upon them. But they do not consider that it was no more possible for Elijah to bring down fire from heaven, than for them to do it. God alone could send the fire; and as he is just and good, he would not have destroyed these men had there not been a sufficient cause to justify the act. It was not to please Elijah, or to gratify any vindictive humor in him, that God thus acted; but to show his own power and justice. No entreaty of Elijah could have induced God to have performed an act that was wrong in itself. Elijah, personally, had no concern in the business. God led him simpl…

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John Gill on 2 Kings 1:11

Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty,.... The king, not being at all terrified with the awful judgment upon the former, sends another: and he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, come down quickly; he flouts the prophet in the same manner as the former, and in the king's name commands him to come down, and that immediately; which the king added to his orders, or he himself, signifying he would not be trifled with, if he did not come down directly, he would force him.

Dictionary and topics

Ekron — Firm-rooted, the most northerly of the five towns belonging to the lords of the Philistines, about 11 miles north of Gath. It was assigned to Judah (Josh. 13:3), and afterwards to Dan (19:43), but…
Elijah — Whose God is Jehovah. (1.) “The Tishbite,” the “Elias” of the New Testament, is suddenly introduced to our notice in 1 Kings 17:1 as delivering a message from the Lord to Ahab. There is mention made…
Armies Of Israel, The · Divided into: Companies of thousands, &c — Divided into: Companies of thousands, &c
Fire · The — The
Miracles Wrought Through Servants Of God · Elijah: Men destroyed by fire — Elijah: Men destroyed by fire

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Kings 1:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 1:9–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 1:10

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 1:10

John Gill on 2 Kings 1:11

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 1:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 1:9–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 1:10

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 1:10

John Gill on 2 Kings 1:11

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 1:11-12

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 1:11-13

Rashi on 2 Kings 1:2