Forasmuch: 2 Kings 1:3-4, 2 Kings 1:6; Exodus 4:22-23; 1 Kings 14:6-13, 1 Kings 21:18-24, 1 Kings 22:28
Baalzebub: Literally, "the lord of flies;" or, as the LXX render, Βααλ μυεαν θεον:, Baal the fly god. See note on Exodus 8:24.
on which thou art gone up: In the East there is usually at the end of each chamber a little gallery, raised three or four feet above the floor, with a balustrade in front, to which they go up by a few steps. Here they place their beds; an allusion to which situation is involved in this declaration of Elijah's, and frequently referred to in the Sacred Scriptures. See note on Genesis 49:4. 2 Kings 5:21; Psalms 132:3