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— D.L. Moody
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But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, [Is it] not because [there is] not a God in Israel, [that] ye go to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?
2 Kings 1:3 — KJV
The angel. This was not the first appearance of an angel to Elijah. On the occasion of the prophet’s flight from Jezebel, the angel of the Lord had appeared to comfort and strengthen the discouraged fugitive (1 Kings 19:5, 7). Now the angel directed him to go and meet the messengers of the ailing king, who, in his extremity, was seeking after the gods of the heathen. A short time later the angel again appeared to Elijah, instructing him to acquiesce in Ahaziah’s request (2 Kings 1:15).
Go to enquire. Ahaziah had, during the reign of his father Ahab, witnessed many of the wonderful works of God. He well knew the ability of God to help, and he also knew that terrible judgments were meted out against transgressors. For him now to turn to a god of Ekron was to deny Jehovah and to invite judgments upon himself.
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