列王纪下 1:9

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

於是王差派一個五十夫長和他的五十名手下到以利亞那裡；那位五十夫長就上到以利亞那裡去。他看見以利亞正坐在山頂上，就對以利亞說：“神人哪！王吩咐你下來。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
於 是 ， 王 差 遣 五 十 夫 长 ， 带 领 五 十 人 去 见 以 利 亚 ， 他 就 上 到 以 利 亚 那 里 ； 以 利 亚 正 坐 在 山 顶 上 。 五 十 夫 长 对 他 说 ： 　 神 人 哪 ， 王 吩 咐 你 下 来 ！

Contextual Overview

⁹ Then he sent a captain with his fifty men to Elijah. The captain went to Elijah, who was sitting on top of the hill, and said to him, "Man of God, the king says, ‘Come down!'" ¹⁰ Elijah answered the captain, "If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and burn up you and your fifty men." Then fire came down from heaven and burned up the captain and his fifty men. ¹¹ Ahaziah sent another captain and fifty men to Elijah. The captain said to him, "Man of God, this is what the king says: ‘Come down quickly!'" ¹² Elijah answered, "If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and burn up you and your fifty men!" Then fire came down from heaven and burned up the captain and his fifty men. ¹³ Ahaziah then sent a third captain with his fifty men. The third captain came and fell down on his knees before Elijah and begged, "Man of God, please respect my life and the lives of your fifty servants. ¹⁴ See, fire came down from heaven and burned up the first two captains of fifty with all their men. But now, respect my life." ¹⁵ The Lord 's angel said to Elijah, "Go down with him and don't be afraid of him." So Elijah got up and went down with him to see the king. ¹⁶ Elijah told Ahaziah, "This is what the Lord says: ‘You have sent messengers to ask questions of Baal-Zebub, god of Ekron. Is it because you think there is no God in Israel to ask? Because of this, you will never get up from your bed; you will die.'" ¹⁷ So Ahaziah died, just as the Lord , through Elijah, had said he would. Joram became king in Ahaziah's place during the second year Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat was king of Judah. Joram ruled because Ahaziah had no son to take his place. ¹⁸ The other things Ahaziah did are written in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sent unto: 2 Kings 6:13, 2 Kings 6:14, 1 Kings 18:4, 1 Kings 18:10, 1 Kings 19:2, 1 Kings 22:8, 1 Kings 22:26, 1 Kings 22:27, Matthew 14:3

he sat: 1 Kings 18:42, Luke 6:11, Luke 6:12

Thou man: Amos 7:12, Matthew 26:68, Matthew 27:29, Matthew 27:41-43, Mark 15:29, Mark 15:32, Hebrews 11:36

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 19:21 - sent messengers 2 Samuel 12:13 - David 2 Samuel 13:29 - servants 2 Kings 1:12 - General 2 Kings 4:40 - O thou 2 Kings 8:7 - The man of God 2 Kings 13:19 - the man of God Jeremiah 35:4 - a man Matthew 5:12 - for so John 18:6 - they went 2 Corinthians 13:8 - General 1 Timothy 6:11 - O man

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the sky and the earth.

Genesis 1:2
The earth was empty and had no form. Darkness covered the ocean, and God's Spirit was moving over the water.

Genesis 1:5
God named the light "day" and the darkness "night." Evening passed, and morning came. This was the first day.

Genesis 1:6
Then God said, "Let there be something to divide the water in two."

Genesis 1:8
God named the air "sky." Evening passed, and morning came. This was the second day.

Genesis 1:9
Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered together so the dry land will appear." And it happened.

Genesis 1:11
Then God said, "Let the earth produce plants—some to make grain for seeds and others to make fruits with seeds in them. Every seed will produce more of its own kind of plant." And it happened.

Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said, "Have many children and grow in number. Fill the earth and be its master. Rule over the fish in the sea and over the birds in the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

Genesis 1:29
God said, "Look, I have given you all the plants that have grain for seeds and all the trees whose fruits have seeds in them. They will be food for you.

Job 26:7
God stretches the northern sky out over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty,.... Not in honour to him, but to bring him by force if he refused to come willingly:

and he went up to him, and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill; generally supposed to be Mount Carmel;

and he spake unto him; at the bottom of the hill, so loud that he might hear him:

thou man of God; or the prophet of the Lord, as the Targum, as thou callest thyself; for this was said in a sneering, flouting, manner:

the king hath said, come down; and in the king's name he ordered him to come down, signifying, if he would not, he would send his men to fetch him down.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then the king sent unto him - i. e., in order to seize and punish him. Compare 1 Kings 18:10; 1 Kings 22:27.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 1:9. A captain of fifty with his fifty. — It is impossible that such a man as Ahaziah, in such circumstances, could have had any friendly designs in sending a captain and fifty soldiers for the prophet; and the manner in which they are treated shows plainly that they went with a hostile intent.

And he spake unto him, Thou man of God — Thou prophet of the Most High.