2 Kings 1:5

Elijah Denounces Ahaziah · 2 Kings 1:1–16
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Translations

Modern
When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”
Traditional
And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
Literal
And the messengers returned to him, and he said to them, “What is this—you have returned!”
Latin
Reversique sunt nuntii ad Ochoziam. Qui dixit eis: Quare reversi estis?

Original

Hebrew
English
When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”

Notes

Theme notes and profiles

Elijah

Events

Parallels

1 Kings 22:51–53

Glossary

Ahaziah Beelzebul, Beelzebub Ekron, Ekronites Furniture Gods and Goddesses Jehoram Kings, Books of First and Second Tishbe

Topics

Elijah: Prophecies of The Death of Ahaziah Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: The Death of Ahaziah