2 Kings 1:6

Thus saith.

Isa 41:22,23

therefore.

3,4; 1Ch 10:13,14; Ps 16:4

2 Kings 1:16

Forasmuch.

3,4,6; Ex 4:22,23; 1Ki 14:6-13; 21:18-24; 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.

5:21; Ps 132:3

Jeremiah 23:28

that hath. Heb. with whom is. speak.

Pr 14:5; Mt 24:45; Lu 12:42; 1Co 4:2; 2Co 2:17; 1Ti 1:12

What.That is, when the dreamers declare their dreams, and the true prophets faithfully declare their message, the difference between them will be as evident as that between "the chaff and the wheat."

1Co 3:12,13
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