2 Kings 1:2

And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Ahaziah	אֲחַזְיָ֜ה 'a.chaz.Yah	H274	Achazjah · proper noun, a man's name
down	וַיִּפֹּ֨ל vai.yi.Pol	H5307	to fall · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
lattice	הַשְּׂבָכָ֗ה ha.se.va.Khah	H7639	a net-work · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
chamber	בַּעֲלִיָּת֛וֹ ba.'a.li.ya.To	H5944	something lofty · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Samaria	בְּשֹׁמְר֖וֹן be.sho.me.Ron	H8111	Shomeron · preposition + proper noun, a place name
sick	וַיָּ֑חַל vai.Ya.chal	H2470	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
sent	וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח vai.yish.Lach	H7971	to send away · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
messengers	מַלְאָכִ֔ים mal.'a.Khim	H4397	a messenger · noun, common masculine plural absolute
said	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Go	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
enquire	דִרְשׁ֗וּ dir.Shu	H1875	properly · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
Baal-zebub	בְּבַ֤עַל be.Va.'al	H1176	Baal-Zebub · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
god	אֱלֹהֵ֣י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
Ekron	עֶקְר֔וֹן ek.Ron	H6138	Ekron · proper noun, a place name
recover	אֶחְיֶ֖ה 'ech.Yeh	H2421	to live · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
disease	מֵחֳלִ֥י me.cho.Li	H2483	malady · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

2 Kings 1:16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not becau…
2 Kings 8:7-10 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.
Matthew 10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub,…
Mark 3:22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
Isaiah 37:19 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed th…
1 Kings 11:33 Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom…
2 Kings 1:3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it…
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…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 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 prosper that do evil in the sight of the Lord, and provoke him to anger? When he rebelled against God, and revolted from his allegiance to him, Moab rebelled against Israel, and revolted from the subjection that had long paid to the kings of Israel, Kg2 1:1. The Edomites that bordered on Judah, and were tributaries to the kings of Judah, still continued so, as we find in the chapter before (v. 47), till, in the wicked reign of Joram, they broke that yoke (Kg2 8:22) as the Moabites did now. If men b…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 1:2

AHAZIAH'S JUDGMENT BY ELIJAH. (Kg2 1:2-8) Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber--This lattice was either a part of the wooden parapet, or fence, which surrounds the flat roofs of houses, and over which the king was carelessly leaning when it gave way; or it might be an opening like a skylight in the roof itself, done over with lattice-work, which, being slender or rotten, the king stepped on and slipped through. This latter supposition is most probably the true one, as Ahaziah did not fall either into the street or the court, but "in his upper chamber." inquire of Baalzebub--Anxious to learn whether he should recover from the effects of this severe fall, he sent to cons…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 1:2

Fell down through a lattice - Perhaps either through the flat root of his house, or over or through the balustrades with which the roof was surrounded. Go, inquire of Baal-zebub - Literally, the fly-god, or master of flies. The Septuagint has βααλ μυιαν, Baal the fly. He was the tutelary god of Ekron, and probably was used at first as a kind of telesm, to drive away flies. He became afterwards a very respectable devil, and was supposed to have great power and influence. In the New Testament Beelzebub is a common name for Satan himself, or the prince of devils. See my notes on Mat 10:25 (note).

The Church Fathers

"Ahaziah falls from the gallery of his upper chamber in Samaria." … Ahaziah is the son of Ahab, and after Ahab's death he takes his place and reigns over his people. Now, he falls from the upper chambers of his palace, and his body is seriously injured. Therefore Ahaziah sends some messengers to the god of the Ekronites in order to question him about his injury. It seems that such a piece of advice was given to him by his mother, Jezebel, who for her entire life made her children, namely, Ahaziah and Joram, her slaves, just like Ahab, her husband, had been a slave to her. Ahaziah's present action, as well as what his brother did after him—their shameful end and the hardness of their heart in the adoration of their idols until their death—are perfectly in keeping with the abominable actions and wicked will of their mother, Jezebel. So, Elijah, who had learned from a vigilant [i.e., an angel] what Ahaziah was doing, came out to meet his messengers and ordered them, by the word of the Lord, to return to their master and announce to him the news of his departure from this world, because he had rejected the Lord and had taken refuge in the god of Ekron, hoping that he would heal him.
— Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 1:1

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Dictionary and topics

Baal — Lord. (1.) The name appropriated to the principal male god of the Phoenicians. It is found in several places in the plural BAALIM (Judg. 2:11; 10:10; 1 Kings 18:18; Jer. 2:23; Hos. 2:17). Baal is…
Baal-zebub — Fly-lord, the god of the Philistines at Ekron (2 Kings 1:2, 3, 16). This name was given to the god because he was supposed to be able to avert the plague of flies which in that region was to be…
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…
House — Till their sojourn in Egypt the Hebrews dwelt in tents. They then for the first time inhabited cities (Gen. 47:3; Ex. 12:7; Heb. 11:9). From the earliest times the Assyrians and the Canaanites were…
Lattice — (1.) Heb. ‘eshnabh, a latticed opening through which the cool breeze passes (Judg. 5:28). The flat roofs of the houses were sometimes enclosed with a parapet of lattice-work on wooden frames, to…
Philistines — (Gen. 10:14, R.V.; but in A.V., “Philistim”), a tribe allied to the Phoenicians. They were a branch of the primitive race which spread over the whole district of the Lebanon and the valley of the…
Window — Properly only an opening in a house for the admission of light and air, covered with lattice-work, which might be opened or closed (2 Kings 1:2; Acts 20:9). The spies in Jericho and Paul at Damascus…
Afflictions Of The Wicked, The · Exemplified: Ahaziah — Exemplified: Ahaziah
Baal-Zebub · A god of the Philistines — A god of the Philistines

2 Kings 1:2

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 1:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 1:2

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 1:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 1:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 1:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 1:2

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 1:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 2 Kings 1:2

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 1:1-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 1:2

Rashi on 2 Kings 1:2