5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
5 When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, "Why have you come back?"
5 The messengers returned to the king, and he said to them, "Why have you returned?"
5 The messengers went back. The king said, "So why are you back so soon - what's going on?"
5 And when the messengers returned to him, he said to them, "Why have you come back?"
5 When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, "Why have you returned so soon?"
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Kings 1:5
Commentary on 2 Kings 1:1-8
(Read 2 Kings 1:1-8)
When Ahaziah rebelled against the Lord, Moab revolted from him. Sin weakens and impoverishes us. Man's revolt from God is often punished by the rebellion of those who owe subjection to him. Ahaziah fell through a lattice, or railing. Wherever we go, there is but a step between us and death. A man's house is his castle, but not to secure him against God's judgments. The whole creation, which groans under the burden of man's sin, will, at length, sink and break under the weight like this lattice. He is never safe that has God for his enemy. Those that will not inquire of the word of God for their comfort, shall hear it to their terror, whether they will or no.