Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 1:14
Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
14. Behold, there came fire down from heaven ] Here is another point in which the brevity of the narrative leaves much for conjecture. How was the news of the first and second destruction brought, and its nature described? The sending out of an armed band would no doubt attract attention, and persons who were near at hand when the meeting with the prophet took place may have brought the news. Was the second captain sent on his errand without any knowledge of what had happened to his predecessor?
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Behold, there came fire down from heaven and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties,…. He owns the facts, and ascribes the death of them to the true cause, and appears to have an awful sense of the judgment of God on them, fearing the same would befall him and his:
therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight; by sparing it, what is precious and valuable being spared.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(14) Burnt.Eat, or devoured (2Ki. 1:10; 2Ki. 1:12).
The two captains of the former fifties.Rather, the former two captains of fifties.
Therefore let my life now.And now (i.e., this time) let my life. Some MSS., and LXX., Vulg., and Arabic add the precative now, that is, I pray, as in 2Ki. 1:13 (I pray thee = na).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ki 1:14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
Ver. 14. Therefore let my life be precious in thy sight. ] Say we the same to Almighty God, when we see so many fall on every hand of us, devoured by death.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
burnt up = consumed, as in verses: 2Ki 1:10, 2Ki 1:12.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Behold: 2Ki 1:10, 2Ki 1:11
let my life: 1Sa 26:21, 1Sa 26:24, Psa 49:8, Psa 72:14, Psa 116:15, Pro 6:26, Mat 16:25, Mat 16:26, Act 20:24
Reciprocal: 1Sa 22:17 – would not Job 1:16 – there came Job 38:35 – Canst Mat 27:54 – feared