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2 Kings 1:2

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a lattice: The flat roofs of the eastern houses are generally surrounded by a parapet wall breast high; but instead of this, some terraces are guarded with balustrades only, or latticed work. Of the same kind, probably, was the lattice, or net, as the term shevacha: seems to import, through which Ahaziah fell into the court. This incident proves the necessity of the law for the formation of battlements for roof (Deuteronomy 22:8), which God graciously dictated from Sinai, which furnishes a beautiful example of his paternal care and goodness; for the terrace was a place where many offices of the family were performed, and business frequently transacted. Judges 5:28; Song of Solomon 2:9; Acts 20:9

was sick: 1 Kings 22:34 *marg. 2 Chronicles 21:14-15; Job 31:3

Baalzebub: 2 Kings 1:3, 2 Kings 1:6, 2 Kings 1:16; Matthew 10:25, Matthew 12:24-27; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15, Beelzebub

god: Judges 11:24; 1 Samuel 5:10; 1 Kings 11:33; Isaiah 37:12, Isaiah 37:19

whether: 2 Kings 8:7-10; 1 Kings 14:3

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