2 Kings 1
v1
Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
v2
Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, โGo, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover of this sickness.โ
v3
But Yahwehโs angel said to Elijah the Tishbite, โArise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, โIs it because there is no God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?
v4
Now therefore Yahweh says, โYou will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.โโโ Then Elijah departed.
v5
The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, โWhy is it that you have returned?โ
v6
They said to him, โA man came up to meet us, and said to us, โGo, return to the king who sent you, and tell him, โYahweh says, โIs it because there is no God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.โโโโ
v7
He said to them, โWhat kind of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?โ
v8
They answered him, โHe was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist.โ He said, โItโs Elijah the Tishbite.โ
v9
Then the king sent a captain of fifty with his fifty to him. He went up to him; and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to him, โMan of God, the king has said, โCome down!โโ
v10
Elijah answered to the captain of fifty, โIf I am a man of God, then let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty!โ Then fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.
v11
Again he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. He answered him, โMan of God, the king has said, โCome down quickly!โโ
v12
Elijah answered them, โIf I am a man of God, then let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty!โ Then Godโs fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.
v13
Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, โMan of God, please let my life, and the life of these fifty of your servants, be precious in your sight.
v14
Behold, fire came down from the sky, and consumed the last two captains of fifty with their fifties. But now let my life be precious in your sight.โ
v15
Yahwehโs angel said to Elijah, โGo down with him. Donโt be afraid of him.โ Then he arose, and went down with him to the king.
v16
He said to him, โYahweh says, โBecause you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore you will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.โโ
v17
So he died according to Yahwehโs word which Elijah had spoken. Jehoram began to reign in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, because he had no son.
v18
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, arenโt they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?