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

5The messengers returned to the king, who asked them, “Why have you come back?” 6They replied, “A man came to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and declare to him, “This is what the Lord says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you’re sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, you will not get up from your sickbed; you will certainly die.”’” The king asked them, “What sort of man came up to meet you and spoke those words to you?” 8They replied, “A hairy man with a leather belt around his waist.” He said, “It’s Elijah the Tishbite.” 9So King Ahaziah sent a captain with his fifty men to Elijah. When the captain went up to him, he was sitting on top of the hill. He announced, “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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he saidדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• unto them, What mannerמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
• of manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• which came upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• to meetקִרְאָהqir'âh · befallH7125
• you these wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697

Cross-references for 2 Kings 1:7

• Judges 8:18He asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “They were like you,” they said. “Each resembled the son of a king.”
• 1 Samuel 28:14Then Saul asked her, “What does he look like?” “An old man is coming up,” she replied. “He’s wearing a robe.” Then Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he knelt low with his face to the ground and paid homage.

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

Topics related to 2 Kings 1:7

• Elijah
• Prophecy

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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