John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 1:9

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty, etc.] Not in honour to him, but to bring him by force if he refused to come willingly: and he went up to him, and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill; generally supposed to be Mount Carmel; and he spake unto him; at the bottom of the hill, so loud that he might hear him: thou man of God; or the prophet of the Lord, as the Targum, as thou callest thyself; for this was said in a sneering, flouting, manner: the king hath said, come down; and in the king’s name he ordered him to come down, signifying, if he would not, he would send his men to fetch him down.

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