Said. — So LXX. (εἶπεν). Heb., spake. Vulgate and Arabic add “saying.” (See Note on 2 Kings 1:3.)
Go down. — From the mountain top into the city.
With him. — ’Othô, later form for ’ittô, which some MSS. read here.
Be not afraid of him — i.e., the captain. The former two, as being the willing tools of the king, might have shown their zeal by instantly slaying the prophet. (Comp. the case of the knights who murdered St. Thomas of Canterbury.)