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Therefore, you will not leave the bed on which you are lying, for you will certainly die.’” </span></p> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="resultSubheadings"> </li> </ul> <ul class="results"> <li class="linkCard"> <a href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/Rbi8/12/1#v=12:1:16" class="jwac showRuby scriptureIndexLink html5 pub- docId-1001060015 pub-Rbi8 pub- pub-Rbi8 docClass-1 bible bibleBook jwac showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr chrome cardContainer noTooltips cardLine1Prominent lnk" data-nav-scope-data="[]"> <div class="cardThumbnail "> <span class=" cardThumbnailImage thumbnail icon-default publication pub-Rbi8 " data-pub-symbol="Rbi8" ></span> </div> <div class="cardTitleBlock"> <div class=" cardLine1 ellipsized cardHalfHeight cardLine1Prominent"><span class="sectionIcon"></span> 2 Kings 1:16 </div> <div class=" cardLine2 ellipsized cardLine1Prominent"> New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References </div> </div> <div class="cardTitleDetail"></div> <div class="cardChevron"> <div class="icon"></div> </div> </a> </li> <li class="result"> <ul class="resultItems"> <li class="scriptureIndexLink html5 pub- docId-1001060015 pub-Rbi8 pub- pub-Rbi8 docClass-1 bible bibleBook jwac showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr"> <article class="scalableui"> <p id="p9" data-pid="9"><span id="v12-1-16-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001060015/9549" class="vl vx vp">16 </a>Then he spoke to him: “This is what Jehovah has said, ‘For the reason that you have sent messengers<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001060015/30" data-bid="31-1" class="b">+</a> to inquire of Baʹal-zeʹbub the god<a id="footnotesource9" data-fnid="9" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001060015/8">*</a> of Ekʹron,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001060015/31" data-bid="32-1" class="b">+</a> is it because there is no God at all in Israel of whose word to inquire? Therefore as regards the couch upon which you have gone up, you will not come down off it, because you will positively die.’” </span></p> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="resultSubheadings"> </li> </ul> <ul class="results"> <li class="linkCard"> <a href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/by/12/1#v=12:1:16" class="jwac showRuby scriptureIndexLink html5 pub- docId-1101972145 pub-by pub- pub-by docClass-1 bible bibleBook jwac showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr chrome cardContainer noTooltips cardLine1Prominent lnk" data-nav-scope-data="[]"> <div class="cardThumbnail "> <span class=" cardThumbnailImage thumbnail icon-default publication pub-by " data-pub-symbol="by" ></span> </div> <div class="cardTitleBlock"> <div class=" cardLine1 ellipsized cardHalfHeight cardLine1Prominent"><span class="sectionIcon"></span> 2 Kings 1:16 </div> <div class=" cardLine2 ellipsized cardLine1Prominent"> The Bible in Living English </div> </div> <div class="cardTitleDetail"></div> <div class="cardChevron"> <div class="icon"></div> </div> </a> </li> <li class="result"> <ul class="resultItems"> <li class="scriptureIndexLink html5 pub- docId-1101972145 pub-by pub- pub-by docClass-1 bible bibleBook jwac showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr"> <article class="scalableui"> <p id="p7" data-pid="7" class="sb"><span id="v12-1-16-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1101972145/9549" class="vl vx vp">16 </a>and told him “Says Jehovah, Since you sent messengers to inquire of Baal-Zebub the god of ʽEkron, therefore the bed you have got into you shall not get out of, but die.” </span></p> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="resultSubheadings"> </li> </ul> <ul class="results"> <li class="linkCard"> <a href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/bi22/12/1#v=12:1:16" class="jwac showRuby scriptureIndexLink html5 pub- docId-1001100412 pub-bi22 pub- pub-bi22 docClass-1 bible bibleBook jwac showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr chrome cardContainer noTooltips cardLine1Prominent lnk" data-nav-scope-data="[]"> <div class="cardThumbnail "> <span class=" cardThumbnailImage thumbnail icon-default publication pub-bi22 " data-pub-symbol="bi22" ></span> </div> <div class="cardTitleBlock"> <div class=" cardLine1 ellipsized cardHalfHeight cardLine1Prominent"><span class="sectionIcon"></span> 2 Kings 1:16 </div> <div class=" cardLine2 ellipsized cardLine1Prominent"> American Standard Version </div> </div> <div class="cardTitleDetail"></div> <div class="cardChevron"> <div class="icon"></div> </div> </a> </li> <li class="result"> <ul class="resultItems"> <li class="scriptureIndexLink html5 pub- docId-1001100412 pub-bi22 pub- pub-bi22 docClass-1 bible bibleBook jwac showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr"> <article class="scalableui"> <p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="sb"><span id="v12-1-16-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001100412/9549" class="vl vx vp">16 </a>And he said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Forasmuch as thou hast 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 thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.</span></p> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="resultSubheadings"> </li> </ul> <ul class="results"> <li class="linkCard"> <a href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/rh/12/1#v=12:1:16" class="jwac showRuby scriptureIndexLink html5 pub- docId-1101897112 pub-rh pub- pub-rh docClass-1 bible bibleBook jwac showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr chrome cardContainer noTooltips cardLine1Prominent lnk" data-nav-scope-data="[]"> <div class="cardThumbnail "> <span class=" cardThumbnailImage thumbnail icon-default publication pub-rh " data-pub-symbol="rh" ></span> </div> <div class="cardTitleBlock"> <div class=" cardLine1 ellipsized cardHalfHeight cardLine1Prominent"><span class="sectionIcon"></span> 2 Kings 1:16 </div> <div class=" cardLine2 ellipsized cardLine1Prominent"> The Emphasized Bible </div> </div> <div class="cardTitleDetail"></div> <div class="cardChevron"> <div class="icon"></div> </div> </a> </li> <li class="result"> <ul class="resultItems"> <li class="scriptureIndexLink html5 pub- docId-1101897112 pub-rh pub- pub-rh docClass-1 bible bibleBook jwac showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr"> <article class="scalableui"> <p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="sb"><span id="v12-1-16-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1101897112/9549" class="vl vx vp">16 </a>and said unto him—Thus saith Yahweh—For that thou didst send messengers to enquire of Baalzebub, god of Ekron, was it because there was no God in Israel, for whose word thou couldst enquire? 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