2 Kings 1:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 1:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 1:5 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 1:5 — KJV
“And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?”
— 2 Kings 1:5 (KJV)
2 Kings 1:5 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 1:5
“And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back? speak...: Heb. are ye silent?”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 1:5: back, why, now
“Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 1:5: turned, back, now
“And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. And Ornan...: or, When Ornan turned back and saw the angel, then he and his four sons with him hid themselves”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 1:5: turned, back, now
“Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 1:5: why, now
“And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 1:5: back, now
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