Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

Here, I. The king issues out a warrant for the apprehending of Elijah. If the God of Ekron had told him he should die, it is probable he would have taken it quietly; but now that a prophet of the Lord tells him so, reproving him for his sin and reminding him of the God of Israel, he cannot bear it.

Commenting on 2 Kings 1:9-18

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did,.... During his two years' reign, which yet were imperfect, and his acts must be but few: are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? in which were written his father Ahab's also, and his predecessors', see Kg1 22:39. Next: 2 Kings Chapter 2

Keil & Delitzsch Lutheran @keilanddelitzsch

2Ki 1:17-18 When Ahaziah died, according to the word of the Lord through Elijah, as he had no son, he was followed upon the throne by his brother Joram, “in the second year of Joram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah.” This statement is at variance both with that in 2Ki 3:1, to the effect that Joram began to reign in the eighteenth year...

Commenting on 2 Kings 1:17-18