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so he sent messengers and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this injury.”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that <i>was</i> in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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 to them, ‘<i>Is it</i> because <i>there is</i> no God in Israel <i>that</i> you are going to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?’<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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, <i>Is it</i> not because <i>there is</i> not a God in Israel, <i>that</i> ye go to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now therefore, thus says the LORD: ‘You shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’ ” So Elijah departed.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And when the messengers returned to him, he said to them, “Why have you come back?”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So they 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: ‘<i>Is it</i> because <i>there is</i> no God in Israel <i>that</i> you are sending to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’ ” ’ ”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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, <i>Is it</i> not because <i>there is</i> not a God in Israel, <i>that</i> thou sendest to inquire 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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then he said to them, “What kind of man <i>was it</i> who came up to meet you and told you these words?”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he said unto them, What manner of man <i>was he</i> which came up to meet you, and told you these words?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So they answered him, “A hairy man wearing a leather belt around his waist.” And he said, “It <i>is</i> Elijah the Tishbite.”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And they answered him, <i>He was</i> an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It <i>is</i> Elijah the Tishbite.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men. So he went up to him; and there he was, sitting on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him: “Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down!’ ”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, “If I <i>am</i> a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I <i>be</i> 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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty men. And he answered and said to him: “Man of God, thus has the king said, ‘Come down quickly!’ ”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So Elijah answered and said to them, “If I <i>am</i> a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I <i>be</i> 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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Again, he sent a third captain of fifty with his fifty men. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and pleaded with him, and said to him: “Man of God, please let my life and the life of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your sight.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Look, fire has come down from heaven and burned up the first two captains of fifties with their fifties. But let my life now be precious in your sight.”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the 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.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then he said to him, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, <i>is it</i> because <i>there is</i> no God in Israel to inquire of His word? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’ ”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, <i>is it</i> not because <i>there is</i> no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So <i>Ahaziah</i> died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. Because he had no son, Jehoram became king in his place, in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, <i>are</i> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, <i>are</i> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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