Darby Bible Translation
Elijah Denounces Ahaziah
1 And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
2 And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber which was in Samaria, and was sick; and he sent messengers and said to them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this disease.
3 And the angel of Jehovah said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, Is it because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?
4 Now therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt certainly die. And Elijah departed.
5 And the messengers returned to him; and he said to them, Why have ye returned?
6 And they said unto him, A man came up to meet us, and said to us, Go, return to the king that sent you and say to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Is it because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt certainly die.
7 And he said to them, What manner of man was he that came up to meet you, and told you these words?
8 And they said to him, He was a man in a hairy [garment], and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
9 And he sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold, he sat on the top of the mount. And he spoke to him: Man of God, the king says, Come down!
10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, And if I be a man of God, let fire come down from the heavens and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from the heavens, and consumed him and his fifty.
11 And again he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he spoke and said to him, Man of God, thus says the king: Come down quickly!
12 And Elijah answered and said to them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from the heavens and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from the heavens, and consumed him and his fifty.
13 And again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him and said to him, Man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
14 Behold, there came down fire from the heavens, and consumed the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties; but now, let my life be precious in thy sight.
15 And the angel of Jehovah said to Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him to the king.
16 And he said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt certainly die.
Jehoram Succeeds Ahaziah
17 And he died according to the word of Jehovah that Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram began to reign in his stead, in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; for he had no son.
18 And the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, what he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Новой Женевской Библии
1:3 Илии Фесвитянину. См. ком. к 3Цар 17:1.
от царя Самарийского. См. ком. к 3Цар 16:24.
1:8 человек тот весь в волосах. Возможный перевод: «человек в мохнатых одеждах». По-видимому, одеяние Илии было сделано из овечьей или верблюжьей шерсти (2:8, 13; 3Цар 19:19; Зах 13:4).
и кожаным поясом подпоясан по чреслам своим. Ср. Мф 3:4. Оба пророка — Илия и Иоанн Креститель — своим служением несли людям суд Господа и взывали к покаянию (Мф 3:1−12; Лк 3:2−17).
1:9 человек Божий! царь говорит: сойди. С точки зрения Охозии, пророчество Илии являлось вмешательством в дела государства, и поэтому пророк должен был держать ответ за свои слова лично перед царем. Поведение Охозии свидетельствует о том, что ему свойствен произвол, характерный для восточных тиранов.
1:10 если я человек Божий. Илия клянется, и правдивость его клятвы немедленно подтверждается грозным знамением (см. ком. к 3Цар 1:17). По убеждению пророка, цари должны подчиняться требованиям закона наравне со своими подданными (Втор 17:18−20; 1Цар 12:14−15; 3Цар 2:2−4).
1:17 воцарился Иорам. Иорам, как и Охозия, был сыном Ахава (3:1; 3Цар 22:51). Его не следует путать с Иорамом, сыном и наследником Иосафата (см. 8:16, 25), который примерно в то же время правил в Иудее.
1:18 в летописи царей Израильских. См. ком. к 3Цар 11:41.