2 Kgs 1:16

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Forasmuch.

2Kgs 1:3; 2Kgs 1:4; 2Kgs 1:6; Exod 4:22; Exod 4:23; 1Kgs 14:6-13; 1Kgs 21:18-24; 1Kgs 22:28

Baal-zebub.

Literally, "the lord of flies;" or, as the LXX. render, [Baal mwean theon,] Baal the fly god. See note on Ex 8:24.

on which thou are gone up.In the East there is usually at the end of each chamber a little gallery, raised three or four feet above the floor, with a balustrade in front, to which they go up by a few steps: here they place their beds; an allusion to which situation is involved in this declaration of Elijah's, and frequently referred to in the Sacred Scriptures: see Ge 49:4.

2Kgs 5:21; Ps 132:3