George Leo Haydock

Dove, which flies swiftly. He now adored the judgments of God, which chastised him, as he had threatened; (2 Kings xii. 11.) though, while innocent, he had rejected a similar proposal, Psalm x. 1. The event shewed, that he acted wisely in retiring beyond the Jordan. (Calmet) — O that I could fly, and in the simplicity of the dove, be removed from these afflictions! (Worthington) — As I could not go to heaven, I retired into the wilderness. (Menochius)