Again also he sent. — Although he had heard what had befallen his former envoys.
He answered. — LXX., “went up” (way-ya’al for way-ya’an), as in 2 Kings 1:9; 2 Kings 1:13.
And said. — Heb., spake. Yet some MSS., and Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, as Authorised Version.
Thus hath the king said. — Or, commanded (’âmar).
Come down quickly. — “Impudentior fuit hic... priore; tum quia audito ejus supplicio non resipuit, tum quia auxit impudentiam addendo ‘Festina’” (a Lapide). (But see Note on 2 Kings 1:12.)