2 Kings 1:5 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 1:5

When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the messengers returned unto him, and he said unto them, Why is it that ye are returned?

KJV

And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And when the messengers turned back unto him,.... To Ahaziah king of Israel, as they did as soon as Elijah was gone from them; concluding from his habit, his gravity, and the authority with which he spoke, that he was a prophet of the Lord, and especially from his knowledge of them, and of what they were sent about: he said unto them, why are ye now turned back? for, by the time they had been gone, he knew they could never have been at Ekron and returned.

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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

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּשׁ֥וּבוּ	vai.ya.Shu.vu	and they returned	H7725 →
הַמַּלְאָכִ֖ים	ha.mal.'a.Khim	the messengers	H4397 →
אֵלָ֑יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם	'a.lei.Hem	to them	H413 →
מַה־	mah-	why?	H4100 →
זֶּ֥ה	zeh	this	H2088 →
שַׁבְתֶּֽם׃	shav.Tem	have you returned	H7725 →