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1Now
Moab rebelled against
Israel after the death of
Ahab.
2Ahaziah fell through the lattice in
his upper chamber which was in
Samaria, and became ill. So
he sent messengers and said to them, “Go,
inquire of
Baal-zebub, the god of
Ekron, whether I will recover from this sickness.”
3But the angel of
the LORD said to
Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of
Samaria and say to them, ‘
Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to
inquire of
Baal-zebub, the god of
Ekron?’
4Now therefore thus says
the LORD, ‘You shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you shall surely
die.’” Then
Elijah departed.
5When the messengers returned to
him,
he said to them, “Why have you returned?”
6They said to
him, “A man came up to meet us and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you and say to him, “Thus says
the LORD, ‘
Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to
inquire of
Baal-zebub, the god of
Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely
die.’”’”
7He said to them, “What kind of man was
he who came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?”
8They answered
him, “
He was a hairy man with a leather girdle bound about
his loins.”
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he said, “It is
Elijah the Tishbite.”
9Then
the king sent to
him a
captain of fifty with
his fifty. And
he went up to
him, and behold,
he was sitting on the top of
the hill. And
he said to
him, “O
man of God, the king says, ‘
Come down.’”
10Elijah replied to
the captain of fifty, “If I am a
man of God, let
fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.” Then
fire came down from heaven and consumed
him and
his fifty.
11So
he again sent to
him another
captain of fifty with
his fifty. And
he said to
him, “O
man of God, thus says the king, ‘
Come down quickly.’”
12Elijah replied to them, “If I am a
man of God, let
fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.” Then the
fire of God came down from heaven and consumed
him and
his fifty.
13So
he again sent
the captain of a third fifty with
his fifty. When
the third captain of fifty went up,
he came and bowed down on
his knees before
Elijah, and begged
him and said to
him, “O
man of God, please let my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your sight.
14Behold,
fire came down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my life be precious in your sight.”
15The angel of
the LORD said to
Elijah, “Go down with
him; do not be afraid of
him.” So
he arose and went down with
him to
the king.
16Then
he said to
him, “Thus says
the LORD, ‘Because 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 shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely
die.’”
2 Kings 1:1–16 (NASB95)