Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
Ver. 4. Thou shalt surely die.] Tempore non tuo Ecc 7:17 then, when it were better for thee to do anything else than to die.
And Elijah departed.] Vanished, say some; and that so amazed the messengers that they presently returned. But whether he vanished or departed, they had their errand.