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Then Moab
rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
02 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.
03 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?
04 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.
05 And when the messengers turned back unto him,
he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
06 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.
07 And he said unto them, What manner of man was
he which came up to meet you, and told you these
words?
08 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.
09 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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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