2 Reyes 1:2

2 Cierto día Ocozías, el nuevo rey de Israel, se cayó por la reja de la ventana de una habitación en el piso superior de su palacio en Samaria y quedó gravemente herido. Entonces envió mensajeros al templo de Baal-zebub, dios de Ecrón, para que consultaran si iba a recuperarse.

2 Reyes 1:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 1:2

And Ahaziah fell down a lattice in his upper chamber that was
in Samaria
Which was either a window or lattice in the form of network, to let in light; or rather were the rails of a balcony or battlement on the roof of his palace, in this form, on which leaning, it broke down, and he fell into the garden or court yard; or walking on the roof of his house, and treading unawares on a sky light, which let in light into a room underneath, he fell through it into it:

and was sick;
the fall perhaps threw him into a fever, and which seemed threatening, being violent:

and he sent messengers, and said unto them, go inquire of Baalzebub,
the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease;
not to heal him of it, but to know the issue of it; a vain curiosity this! Ekron was one of the principalities of the Philistines, and this idol was the god they worshipped, which signifies a master fly: which some think was a large metallic fly; made under a planet that rules over flies; and the Heathens had deities they called Myiodes, Myagros, and (apomuiov) , which signifies a driver away of flies; as Jupiter and Hercules were called by the Eleans and Romans, and worshipped and sacrificed to by them on that account ^F1; and so the Cyreneans, a people of Lybia, worshipped the god Achor, which seems to be a corruption of the word Ekron, because he freed them from flies, after they had been infested with a pestilence through them ^F2; and Ekron being a place near the sea, and both hot and moist, might be much infested with those creatures. Within the haven of Ptolemais, or Acco, was formerly a temple of Baalzebub, called in later times "the tower of flies", and used as a Pharus ^F3.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Pausan. Eliac. 1. sive, l. 5. p. 313. & Arcadica, sive, l. 8. p. 491. Clement. Alex. Admon. ad Gentes, p. 24.
F2 Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 10. c. 27. Vid. Chartarii Imagines Deorum, p. 151. & Alex. ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 6. c. 26.
F3 Adrichom. Theatrum Ter. Sanct. fol. 6. 1.

2 Reyes 1:2 In-Context

1 Elías enfrenta al rey Ocozías
Después de la muerte del rey Acab, la nación de Moab se rebeló contra Israel.

2 Cierto día Ocozías, el nuevo rey de Israel, se cayó por la reja de la ventana de una habitación en el piso superior de su palacio en Samaria y quedó gravemente herido. Entonces envió mensajeros al templo de Baal-zebub, dios de Ecrón, para que consultaran si iba a recuperarse.

3 Entonces el ángel del Señor
le dijo a Elías, quien era de Tisbé: «Ve y enfrenta a los mensajeros del rey de Samaria, y pregúntales: “¿Acaso no hay Dios en Israel? ¿Por qué recurren a Baal-zebub, dios de Ecrón, a consultarle si el rey va a recuperarse?

4 Por lo tanto, esto dice el Señor
: nunca te levantarás de la cama donde estás; ten por seguro que morirás”». Entonces Elías fue a transmitirles el mensaje.

5 Cuando los mensajeros regresaron, el rey les preguntó:
—¿Por qué volvieron tan pronto?