Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, “Man of God, please let my life and the life of these fifty of your servants be precious in your sight.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 13. Again. This third captain is commonly supposed to be Abdias, (3 Kennicott. 18:3) though without much reason. Calmet.—John of Jerus, (chapter 15) says he left the court, and became a disciple of Elias, and a prophet. Menochius.—But he is very different from the prophet, whose writings are still extant. Calmet.—The report of the two miracles had come to his ears, and filled him with fear. Menochius.—Despise not. Hebrew “let my life … be precious in thy sight.” 1 Kennicott. 26:21. Psalms 115:15.