Again he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. He answered him, “Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down quickly!’ ”
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Again he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. He answered him, “Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down quickly!’ ”
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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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And again 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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Passages linked to 2 Kings 1:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 16:41 But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed Yahweh’s people!”
- 1 Samuel 6:9 Behold, if it goes up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has done us this great evil; but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us. It was a chance that happened to us.”
- 1 Samuel 22:17-19 The king said to the guard who stood about him, “Turn, and kill the priests of Yahweh; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and didn’t disclose it to me.” But the servants of the king wouldn’t put out their hand to fall on the priests of Yahweh. The king said to Doeg, “Turn and attack the priests!” Doeg the Edomite turned, and he attacked the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five people who wore a linen ephod. He struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing babies, and cattle and donkeys and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
- Proverbs 29:12 If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.
- Isaiah 26:11 Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, yet they don’t see; but they will see your zeal for the people, and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.
- Isaiah 32:7 The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked plans to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.
- Jeremiah 5:3 O Yahweh, don’t your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.
- Matthew 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.
- Luke 22:63-64 The men who held Jesus mocked him and beat him. Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, “Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?”
- John 18:5-12 They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them. When therefore he said to them, “I am he,” they went backward, and fell to the ground. Again therefore he asked them, “Who are you looking for?” They said, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,” that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, “Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none.” Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. Jesus therefore said to Peter, “Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?” So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus and bound him,
- Acts 4:16-17 saying, “What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can’t deny it. But so that this spreads no further among the people, let’s threaten them, that from now on they don’t speak to anyone in this name.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He spake this in mockery, and therefore provoked God’s…
He spake this in mockery, and therefore provoked God’s wrath so much the more.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 1:11 Again also he sent unto him another…
2Ki 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.
Ver. 11. And he answered, and said.] This fellow was more impudent and obstinate than the former; he is therefore worthily made an example, seeing he would not take example.
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Come down quickly.] Or I will bring thee down. Satis hoc fuit pro imperio.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Wherein he discovers more petulancy and impudence than the…
Wherein he discovers more petulancy and impudence than the former, and shows how little he was moved or affrighted by the former example.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Again also he sent unto him another captain of…
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.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain And said - He discovers more petulancy than the…
And said - He discovers more petulancy than the former; and shews, how little he was moved by the former example.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ki 1:11. Thus hath the king said, Come down…
2Ki 1:11. Thus hath the king said, Come down quickly — This man was more insolent than the former, charging the prophet to obey without delay, and not make him stay, nor think to dally with him: in which words, he doubtless spoke the sense of the whole company. Whereas the fate of those that went before them, might, and ought to have instructed them that the thing they were attempting to do was displeasing to God.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Another, not knowing what was become of the first,…
Another, not knowing what was become of the first, or why he did not return; as Ochozias was eager to have the prophet in his power. (Menochius) --- If he were acquainted with his fate, (Haydock) this second captain was guilty of greater insolence. But there are such generally to be found at courts; men who are ready to execute the king’s orders, without considering whether they be contrary to God’s law or not.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 11. Come down quickly — The manner of this…
11. Come down quickly — The manner of this second captain towards the prophet is even more insolent than that of the other.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. Again also [R.V. And again] he sent] Ahaziah…
11. Again also [R.V. And again] he sent] Ahaziah has no regard for the lives that have been sacrificed. Josephus pictures him as ‘exceedingly angry when the destruction of these fifty was made known to him’ (Ant. IX. 2. 1). Probably also his fierceness was aggravated by his hopeless sickness.
And he answered] The verbs which signify ‘to answer’ are used both in Hebrew and in Greek for remarks made where, as here, no question has been asked.
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Come down quickly] The second captain goes in the spirit of the king and adds to the message of the first the demand of speedy obedience. We may therefore consider that his punishment was more deserved than that of the former. But the narrative makes it quite clear that both by the king and his people Jehovah was forgotten, and that some signal mark of His anger was called for to check the wandering after other gods, which had grown up out of Jeroboam’s sin.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (11) Again also he sent.—Although he had heard what…
(11) Again also he sent.—Although he had heard what had befallen his former envoys.
He answered.—LXX., “went up” (way-ya’al for way-ya’an), as in 2Ki_1:9; 2Ki_1:13.
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And said.—Heb., spake. Yet some MSS., and Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, as Authorised Version.
Thus hath the king said.—Or, commanded (’âmar).
Come down quickly.—“Impudentior fuit hic . . . priore; tum quia audito ejus supplicio non resipuit, tum quia auxit impudentiam addendo ‘Festina’” (a Lapide). (But see Note on 2Ki_1:12.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Again also; rather, and again (see the Revised Version).…
Again also; rather, and again (see the Revised Version). He answered and said; rather, he spoke and said (ejlahse kai eite, LXX). Come down quickly. The king has grown impatient. It is conceivable that the death of the first captain with his band of fifty had been kept from him, and that he was only aware of an unaccountable delay. He therefore changes his order from "Come down" to Come down quickly."
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 fifty soldiers
fifty soldiers
"50 soldiers" (See: Numbers)
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If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven
The captain had called Elijah a man of God, but the captain and the king did not show Elijah proper respect. Elijah said this so that fire would come down from heaven, and this would prove that Elijah really was a man of God and he deserved their respect. See how you translated this phrase in 2 Kings 1:10. AT: "Since I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven" or "If I am a man of God as you have said, let fire come down from heaven"
fire of God
This means that the fire came from God. AT: "fire from God" (See: Possession)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 1:11-13 Report of what happened to the previous contingent…
1:11-13 Report of what happened to the previous contingent had apparently reached the king.
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