2 Kings 1:9

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9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.


Commentary on this verse  

By Henry MacLagan

Verse 9. But the corrupted man is opposed to Divine Truth, as to his will, with its governing principle of self-love and the totality of falsities subordinate thereto, which are aroused by opposition, and Divine Truth is firmly established in Divine Love, the corrupted man, nevertheless, desiring its degradation.