Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 1:16

16 And he said unto him , Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal zebub the god of Ekron, (is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word?) therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

To his very Face. Nor durst the King lay hands upon him, being daunted with the Prophets presence, and great courage, and confidence; and affrighted by the late dreadful Evidence of his Power with God and over Men: and withal, struck with a Divine and extraordinary Terror.