Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
4 Kings (2 Kings) Chapter 1
Overview
Kg2 1:1, Moab rebels; Kg2 1:2, Ahaziah, sending to Baal-zebub, hath his judgment by Elijah; Kg2 1:5, Elijah twice brings fire from heaven upon them whom Ahaziah sent to apprehend him; Kg2 1:13, He pities the third captain, and, encouraged by an angel, tells the king of his death; Kg2 1:17, Jehoram succeeds Ahaziah.
Moab: Num 24:7; Sa2 8:2; Ch1 18:2; Psa 60:8
after the: Kg2 3:4, Kg2 3:5, Kg2 8:20, Kg2 8:22
a lattice: The flat roofs of the eastern houses are generally surrounded by a parapet wall breast high; but instead of this, some terraces are guarded with balustrades only, or latticed work. Of the same kind, probably, was the lattice, or net, as the term shevacha seems to import, through which Ahaziah fell into the court. This incident proves the necessity of the law for the formation of battlements for roof (Deu 22:8), which God graciously dictated from Sinai, which furnishes a beautiful example of his paternal care and goodness; for the terrace was a place where many offices of the family were performed, and business frequently transacted. Jdg 5:28; Sol 2:9; Act 20:9
was sick: Kg1 22:34 *marg. Ch2 21:14, Ch2 21:15; Job 31:3
Baalzebub: Kg2 1:3, Kg2 1:6, Kg2 1:16; Mat 10:25, Mat 12:24-27; Mar 3:22; Luk 11:15, Beelzebub
god: Jdg 11:24; Sa1 5:10; Kg1 11:33; Isa 37:12, Isa 37:19
whether: Kg2 8:7-10; Kg1 14:3
angel: Kg2 1:15; Kg1 19:5, Kg1 19:7; Act 8:26, Act 12:7-11
Arise: Kg1 18:1
it: Kg2 1:6, Kg2 1:16, Kg2 5:8, Kg2 5:15; Sa1 17:46; Kg1 18:36; Psa 76:1
ye go: Jer 2:11-13; Jon 2:8; Mar 3:22
Thou shalt: etc. Heb. The bed whither thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it
but shalt: Gen 2:17, Gen 3:4; Num 26:65; Sa1 28:19; Kg1 14:12; Pro 11:19, Pro 14:32; Eze 18:4
Thus saith: Isa 41:22, Isa 41:23
therefore: Kg2 1:3, Kg2 1:4; Ch1 10:13, Ch1 10:14; Psa 16:4
What manner of man was he: Heb. What was the manner of the man, Jdg 8:18; Sa1 28:14
an hairy man: That is, he wore a rough garment, either made of camels' hair, as that of John Baptist, or of a skin, dressed with the hair on. Sir J. Chardin informs us, in a manuscript note on this place, cited by Mr. Harmer, that the eastern dervishes and fakeers are clothed just as Elijah was, with a hairy garment, girded with a leathern girdle. Isa 20:2; Zac 13:4; Mat 3:4, Mat 11:8; Luk 1:17; Rev 11:3
sent unto: Kg2 6:13, Kg2 6:14; Kg1 18:4, Kg1 18:10, Kg1 19:2, Kg1 22:8, Kg1 22:26, Kg1 22:27; Mat 14:3
he sat: Kg1 18:42; Luk 6:11, Luk 6:12
Thou man: Amo 7:12; Mat 26:68, Mat 27:29, Mat 27:41-43; Mar 15:29, Mar 15:32; Heb 11:36
If I be a man: Kg2 2:23, Kg2 2:24; Num 16:28-30; Kg1 18:36-38, Kg1 22:28; Ch2 36:16; Psa 105:15; Mat 21:41, Mat 23:34-37; Act 5:3-10
let fire: Or, rather, as the original literally imports, and the LXX render, καταβησεται πυρ, fire shall come down; Elijah's words being simply declarative, and not imprecatory. Num 11:1, Num 16:35; Job 1:16; Psa 106:18; Luk 9:54; Heb 12:29; Rev 11:5
consumed: Dan 3:22, Dan 3:25, Dan 6:24; Act 12:19
Again: Num 16:41; Sa1 6:9; Isa 26:11; Jer 5:3; Joh 18:5-12; Act 4:16, Act 4:17
O man: Sa1 22:17-19; Pro 29:12; Isa 32:7; Mat 2:16; Luk 22:63, Luk 22:64
he sent again: Job 15:25, Job 15:26; Pro 27:22; Ecc 9:3; Isa 1:5
fell on: Heb. bowed, Isa 66:2
besought: Exo 11:8; Num 12:11-13; Kg1 13:6; Isa 60:14; Rev 3:9
O man of God: Psa 102:17; Jam 4:7
let my life: Sa1 26:21, Sa1 26:24; Psa 49:8, Psa 72:14, Psa 116:15; Pro 6:26; Mat 16:25, Mat 16:26; Act 20:24
be not afraid of him: Gen 15:1; Kg1 18:15; Psa 27:1; Isa 51:12; Jer 1:17, Jer 15:20; Eze 2:6; Mat 10:28; Heb 11:27
Forasmuch: Kg2 1:3, Kg2 1:4, Kg2 1:6; Exo 4:22, Exo 4:23; Kg1 14:6-13, Kg1 21:18-24, Kg1 22:28
Baalzebub: Literally, "the lord of flies;" or, as the LXX render, Βααλ μυεαν θεον, Baal the fly god. See note on Exo 8:24.
on which thou art gone up: In the East there is usually at the end of each chamber a little gallery, raised three or four feet above the floor, with a balustrade in front, to which they go up by a few steps. here they place their beds; an allusion to which situation is involved in this declaration of Elijah's, and frequently referred to in the Sacred Scriptures. See note on Gen 49:4. Kg2 5:21; Psa 132:3
Jehoram: As it is said in Kg2 3:1, that he began his reign in the eighteenth of Jehoshaphat, it is supposed that Jehoshaphat admitted his son Jehoram to reign with him eight or nine years before his death. "The second year that Jehoram was Prorex, and the eighteenth of Jehoshaphat."