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| 1:1 | Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of
Ahab. |
| 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 Baalzebub
the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
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| 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 Baalzebub
the god of Ekron? |
| 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. |
| 1:5 | And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said
unto them, Why are ye now turned back? |
| 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 Baalzebub the god of Ekron?
therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which
thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. |
| 1:7 | And he said unto them, What manner of man was he
which came up to meet you, and told you these words? |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 1:16 | And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch
as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub 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. |
| 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. |
| 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? |