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

3Then the angel of the Lord spoke to Elijah. He was a prophet who came from Tishbe. The angel said, ‘Go and meet the men that the king of Samaria has sent. Say to them, “Do you think that there is no God in Israel? Is that why you are going to Ekron's god, Baal-Zebub, to ask if the king will be well again?” 4Because you are doing this, the Lord says to you, Ahaziah, “You will never leave the bed that you are lying on. You will certainly die.” ’ Elijah went to tell the men the Lord's message. So the men returned to the king. He asked them, ‘Why have you returned already?’ 6They replied, ‘A man came to meet us. He told us to go back to the king who had sent us. He says to you, “This is what the Lord says: Why have you sent men to speak to Ekron's god, Baal-Zebub? You seem to think that there is no God in Israel. Because of that, you will not leave the bed that you are lying on. You will certainly die.” ’ 7The king asked them, ‘Describe the man who came to meet you. What did he look like?’

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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• 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