2 Kings 1:2 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 1:2

Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”

BSB

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ASV

And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this sickness.

KJV

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 Baal–zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

But the words may be rendered, through the battlements (or through the lattess in the battlements) of the roof of the house. Where, standing and looking through, and leaning upon this lattess, it broke, and he fell down into the court or garden. Baal-zebub - Properly, the God of flies; an idol so called, because it was supposed to deliver those people from flies;

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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 consult Baalzebub, that is, the god of flies, who was considered the patron deity of medicine.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּפֹּ֨ל	vai.yi.Pol	and he fell	H5307 →
אֲחַזְיָ֜ה	'a.chaz.Yah	Ahaziah	H274 →
בְּעַ֣ד	be.'Ad	through	H1157 →
הַשְּׂבָכָ֗ה	ha.se.va.Khah	the window-lattice	H7639 →
בַּעֲלִיָּת֛וֹ	ba.'a.li.ya.To	in upper room his	H5944 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בְּשֹׁמְר֖וֹן	be.sho.me.Ron	[was] in Samaria	H8111 →
וַיָּ֑חַל	vai.Ya.chal	and he became ill	H2470 →
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח	vai.yish.Lach	and he sent	H7971 →
מַלְאָכִ֔ים	mal.'a.Khim	messengers	H4397 →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֲלֵהֶם֙	'a.le.Hem	to them	H413 →
לְכ֣וּ	le.Khu	go	H1980 →
דִרְשׁ֗וּ	dir.Shu	consult	H1875 →
בְּבַ֤עַל	be.Va.'al	<in> Baal	H1176 →
זְבוּב֙	ze.Vuv	Zebub	H1176 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] god of	H430 →
עֶקְר֔וֹן	ek.Ron	Ekron	H6138 →
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
אֶחְיֶ֖ה	'ech.Yeh	I will live	H2421 →
מֵחֳלִ֥י	me.cho.Li	from sickness	H2483 →
זֶֽה׃ ס	Zeh	this	H2088 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 10:25
It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his…
leads to
- Matthew 12:24
  But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 9:34
  But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that He drives out demons.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 7:20
  “You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 11:15
  but some of them said, “It is by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons, that He drives out demons.”
- Mark 3:22
  And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”
Through
Mark 3:22
And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”
leads to
- Matthew 10:25
  It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his…
- Matthew 15:1
  Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
Through
2 Kings 1:16
And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to…
leads to
- 2 Kings 1:2–4
  Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will…