2 Kings 1:7

2 Kings 1:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
• New International Version (NIV)The king asked them, “What kind of man was it who came to meet you and told you this?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)He said to them, "What kind of man was he who came to meet you and told you these things?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he said to them, “What kind of man was it who came up to meet you and told you these words?”

Context of 2 Kings 1:7

5When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?” 6They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” The king asked them, “What sort of man came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?” 8“He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king. 9Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”

2 Kings 1:7 word by word

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם מֶ֚ה מִשְׁפַּ֣ט הָאִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָלָ֖ה לִקְרַאתְכֶ֑ם וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃Read the interlinear

• The king asked themדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• The king asked themאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• Whatמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• sortמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
• of manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• came upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• to meetקָרָאqârâ' · to encounter: meetH7122
• theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853

Cross-references for 2 Kings 1:7

• Judges 8:18Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”
• 1 Samuel 28:14“What does he look like?” asked Saul. “An old man is coming up,” she replied. “And he is wearing a robe.” So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed facedown in reverence.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 1:7

• 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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• Elijah
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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