2 Kings 1:5

2 Kings 1:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
• New International Version (NIV)When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you come back?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)The messengers returned to the king, and he said to them, "Why have you returned?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And when the messengers returned to him, he said to them, “Why have you come back?”

Context of 2 Kings 1:5

3But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’ 4Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘You [Ahaziah] will not leave the bed on which you lie, but you will certainly die.’ ” So Elijah departed. When the messengers returned to Ahaziah, he said to them, “Why have you returned [so soon]?” 6They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you and tell him, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not leave the bed on which you lie, but you will certainly die.’ ” ’ ” 7The king asked them, “What was the appearance of the man who came up to meet you and said these things to you?”

2 Kings 1:5 word by word

וַיָּשׁ֥וּבוּ הַמַּלְאָכִ֖ים אֵלָ֑יו וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם מַה־זֶּ֥ה שַׁבְתֶּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And when the messengersמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messengerH4397
• turned backשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• unto him, he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto them, Why are ye nowזֶהzeh · thisH2088

Commentaries on 2 Kings 1:5

• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-82-8. Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber--This lattice was either a part of the wooden parapet, or fence, which surrounds the flat roofs of houses, and over which the king was carelessly leaning when it gave way; or it might be an opening like a skylight in the roof itself, done over with lattice-work, which, being slender or rotten, the king stepped on and slipped through. This latter supposition is most probably the true one, as…Read the comment

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Commentaries on 2 Kings 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings