SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:13
Y volvió a enviar el tercer capitán de cincuenta con sus cincuenta; y subiendo aquel tercer capitán de cincuenta, se arrodilló delante de Elías, y le rogó, diciendo: Varón de Dios, te ruego que sea de valor delante de tus ojos mi vida y la vida de estos tus cincuenta siervos.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 13. And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty , etc.] Which was most daring and insolent, and showed him to be dreadfully hardened, to persist in his messages after such rebuffs: and the third captain of fifty went up; instead of calling to the prophet at the bottom of the hill as the other did, he went up to the top of it: and came and fell on his knees before Elijah : in reverence of him as a prophet of the Lord, and under a dread of the power he was possessed of, of calling for fire from heaven on him and his men, as the former instances showed: and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight : he owns their lives lay at his mercy; he begs they might be spared, since it was not in contempt of him, and through ill will to him as the prophet of the Lord, but in obedience to the king’s command, that they were come to him.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 9-18 - Elijah called for fire from heaven, to consume the haughty, darin sinners; not to secure himself, but to prove his mission, and to revea the wrath of God from heaven, against the ungodliness an unrighteousness of men. Elijah did this by a Divine impulse, yet ou Saviour would not allow the disciples to do the like, Lu 9:54. The dispensation of the Spirit and of grace by no means allowed it. Elija was concerned for God's glory, those for their own reputation. The Lor judges men's practices by their principles, and his judgment is according to truth. The third captain humbled himself, and cast himsel upon the mercy of God and Elijah. There is nothing to be got by contending with God; and those are wise for themselves, who lear submission from the fatal end of obstinacy in others. The courage of faith has often struck terror into the heart of the proudest sinner. S thunderstruck is Ahaziah with the prophet's words, that neither he, no any about him, offer him violence. Who can harm those whom God shelters? Many who think to prosper in sin, are called hence lik Ahaziah, when they do not expect it. All warns us to seek the Lor while he may be found __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
וישׁב 7725 וישׁלח 7971 שׂר 8269 חמשׁים 2572 שׁלשׁים 7992 וחמשׁיו 2572 ויעל 5927 ויבא 935 שׂר 8269 החמשׁים 2572 השׁלישׁי 7992 ויכרע 3766 על 5921 ברכיו 1290 לנגד 5048 אליהו 452 ויתחנן 2603 אליו 413 וידבר 1696 אליו 413 אישׁ 376 האלהים 430 תיקר 3365 נא 4994 נפשׁי 5315 ונפשׁ 5315 עבדיך 5650 אלה 428 חמשׁים 2572 בעיניך׃ 5869
