6 They said to him, "A man came up to meet us and said to us, 'Go , return to the king who sent you and say to him, "Thus says the Lord , 'Is it because e there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-zebub , the god of Ekron ? Therefore [1]you shall not come down from the bed where e you have gone up, but shall surely die .' ""'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Kings 1:6
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.