Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 1:4

4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed .

For this was a very hainous Crime, to deny the Perfections of God, and to transfer them to an Idol. See Levit. 19. 31. and 26. 6, 27. Deut. 18. 10.

The Messengers not daring to Apprehend him, as suspecting him to be more than Man, because he knew the secret Message which the King delivered to them in his Bed-Chamber.

Marginal references: Heb. The bed whither thou [illegible: 1 word] gone up, thou shalt not come down from it.