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2 Kings 1
Ahaziah’s Messengers Meet Elijah
2 Kings 1:1
Then Moab
rebelled
against Israel
after
the death
of Ahab
.
2 Kings 1:2
And Ahaziah
fell down
through a lattice
in his upper chamber
that
was
in Samaria
,
and was sick
:
and he sent
messengers
,
and said
unto them, Go
,
enquire
of Baal-zebub
the god
of Ekron
whether I shall recover
of this disease
.
2 Kings 1:3
But the angel
of the LORD
said
to Elijah
the Tishbite
,
Arise
,
go up
to meet
the messengers
of the king
of Samaria
,
and say
unto them,
Is it
not because
there is
not a God
in Israel
,
that
ye go
to enquire
of Baal-zebub
the god
of Ekron
?
2 Kings 1:4
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
.
2 Kings 1:5
¶
And when the messengers
turned back
unto him, he said
unto them, Why are ye now
turned back
?
2 Kings 1:6
And they said
unto him, There came
a man
up
to meet
us, and said
unto us, Go
,
turn again
unto the king
that sent
you, and say
unto him, Thus saith
the LORD
,
Is it
not because
there is
not a God
in Israel
,
that
thou sendest
to enquire
of Baal-zebub
the god
of Ekron
?
therefore thou shalt not come down
from that bed
on which thou art gone up
,
but shalt surely
die
.
2 Kings 1:7
And he said
unto them, What manner
of man
was he
which came up
to meet
you, and told
you these words
?
2 Kings 1:8
And they answered
him,
He was
an hairy
man
,
and girt
with a girdle
of leather
about his loins
.
And he said
, It
is
Elijah
the Tishbite
.
2 Kings 1:9
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
.
2 Kings 1:10
And Elijah
answered
and said
to the captain
of fifty
, If I
be
a man
of God
,
then let fire
come down
from heaven
,
and consume
thee and thy fifty
.
And there came down
fire
from heaven
,
and consumed
him and his fifty
.
2 Kings 1:11
Again
also he sent
unto him another
captain
of fifty
with his fifty
.
And he answered
and said
unto him, O man
of God
,
thus hath the king
said
,
Come down
quickly
.
2 Kings 1:12
And Elijah
answered
and said
unto them, If I
be
a man
of God
,
let fire
come down
from heaven
,
and consume
thee and thy fifty
.
And the fire
of God
came down
from heaven
,
and consumed
him and his fifty
.
2 Kings 1:13
¶
And he sent
again
a captain
of the third
fifty
with his fifty
.
And the third
captain
of fifty
went up
,
and came
and fell
on his knees
before
Elijah
,
and besought
him, and said
unto him, O man
of God
,
I pray thee, let my life
,
and the life
of these fifty
thy servants
,
be precious
in thy sight
.
2 Kings 1:14
Behold, there came
fire
down
from heaven
,
and burnt up
the two
captains
of the former
fifties
with their fifties
:
therefore let my life
now be precious
in thy sight
.
2 Kings 1:15
And the angel
of the LORD
said
unto Elijah
,
Go down
with him: be not afraid
of him
.
And he arose
,
and went down
with him unto the king
.
2 Kings 1:16
And he said
unto him, Thus saith
the LORD
,
Forasmuch as thou hast sent
messengers
to enquire
of Baal-zebub
the god
of Ekron
,
is it
not because
there is
no God
in Israel
to enquire
of his word
?
therefore thou shalt not come down
off that bed
on which thou art gone up
,
but shalt surely
die
.
Jehoram Reigns over Israel
2 Kings 1:17
¶
So he died
according to the word
of the LORD
which Elijah
had spoken
.
And Jehoram
reigned
in his stead in the second
year
of Jehoram
the son
of Jehoshaphat
king
of Judah
;
because he had no son
.
2 Kings 1:18
Now the rest
of the acts
of Ahaziah
which he did
,
are
they not written
in the book
of the chronicles
of the kings
of Israel
?