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2 Kings 1 — Sermon Preparation
King Ahaziah consults the Baal of Ekron for healing; two companies of soldiers are consumed by fire before Elijah delivers his fatal verdict. Below is a research summary for 2 Kings 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 18
- verses
- 359 / 109
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 2
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
2 Kings 1 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| חֲמִשִּׁים | chămishshîym | H2572 | 15 | fifty |
| יָרַד | yârad | H3381 | 12 | descend, go downwards |
| דָבַר | dâbar | H1696 | 14 | arrange, speak |
| אֵלִיָּה | ʼÊlîyâh | H452 | 8 | Elijah |
| עָלָה | ʻâlâh | H5927 | 8 | ascend, high |
| בַּעַל זְבוּב | Baʻal Zᵉbûwb | H1176 | 4 | Baal-Zebub |
| מַלְאָךְ | malʼâk | H4397 | 6 | messenger, angel |
How preachers through history handled this text
2 public-domain excerpts on 2 Kings 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“I The rebellion of Moab, ver. 1. The message of Ahaziah to Baal- zebub, ver. 2. God's message to him, ver. 3-8. The destruction of the men sent to seize Elijah, ver. 9-12. He spares the third messenger, and goes to the king, ver. 13-16. Ahaziah's death, ver. 17; 18. 1. Moab - This had been subdued by David, as Edom was; and upon the division of his kingdom, Moab was adjoined to that of Israel, and Edom to that of Judah, each to that kingdom upon which it bordered. …”
— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on 2 Kings 1:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Moab 1— 2 Kgs 1:1
- Ekron— 2 Kgs 1:16
- Samaria 1— 2 Kgs 1:2
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