2 Kings 1:4

“Now therefore thus saith the Lord, etc.] Jehovah, the only true God: thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shall surely die; this sickness should be unto death, and the bed he had betaken himself to should be his deathbed. The phrases of going up to bed, and coming down, are used with great propriety; for in the eastern countries, in their bedchambers, they had a gallery raised four or five feet above the floor, with a balustrade on the front f4, and steps leading up to it; or ladders, which had more or fewer rounds, according as the beds were higher or lower f5: and Elijah departed; having met the messengers, and delivered his message from the Lord unto them.”

“Thou shalt not come down from that bed--On being taken up, he had probably been laid on the divan--a raised frame, about three feet broad, extended along the sides of a room, covered with cushions and mattresses--serving, in short, as a sofa by day and a bed by night, and ascended by steps. Elijah departed--to his ordinary abode, which was then at Mount Carmel (Kg2 2:25; Kg1 18:42).”

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“Thou shalt: etc. Heb. The bed whither thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it but shalt: Gen 2:17, Gen 3:4; Num 26:65; Sa1 28:19; Kg1 14:12; Pro 11:19, Pro 14:32; Eze 18:4 4 Kings (2 Kings) 1:6”