Parallel Verses English Standard Version Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty men with his fifty. He went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, “O man of God, the king says, ‘Come down.’” King James Bible Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down. American Standard Version Then the king'sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. And he spake unto him, O man of God, the king hath said, Come down. Douay-Rheims Bible And he sent to him a captain of fifty, and the fifty men that were under him. And he went up to him, and as he was sitting on the top of a hill, said to him: Man of God, the king hath commanded that thou come down. English Revised Version Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of the hill. And he spake unto him, O man of God, the king hath said, Come down. Webster's Bible Translation Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and behold, he sat on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down. 2 Kings 1:9 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentBut the angel of the Lord, the mediator of the revelations made by the invisible God to the covenant nation (see Comm. on the Pentateuch, vol. i. pp. 185-191, transl.), had spoken to Elijah to go and meet the king's messengers, who were going to inquire of Baalzebub, and to ask them whether it was from the want of a God in Israel (אין מבּלי as in Exodus 14:11; see Ewald, 323, a.) that they turned to Baalzebub, and to announce to them the word of Jehovah, that Ahaziah would not rise up from his bed again, but would die. "And Elijah went," sc. to carry out the divine commission. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge sent unto he sat Thou man Matthew 26:68 Saying, Prophesy to us, you Christ, Who is he that smote you? Cross References Luke 9:54 And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, "Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come down from heaven and consume them?" 2 Kings 6:13 And he said, "Go and see where he is, that I may send and seize him." It was told him, "Behold, he is in Dothan." 2 Kings 6:14 So he sent there horses and chariots and a great army, and they came by night and surrounded the city. Jeremiah 35:4 I brought them to the house of the LORD into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was near the chamber of the officials, above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, keeper of the threshold. Jump to Previous Captain Company Elijah Fifty Head Hill Mount Sat Sitting TopJump to Next Captain Company Elijah Fifty Head Hill Mount Sat Sitting TopLinks 2 Kings 1:9 NIV2 Kings 1:9 NLT 2 Kings 1:9 ESV 2 Kings 1:9 NASB 2 Kings 1:9 KJV 2 Kings 1:9 Bible Apps 2 Kings 1:9 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 1:9 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 1:9 French Bible 2 Kings 1:9 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |
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