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Chapter 1 |
| 1 | Then Moab
rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. |
| 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. |
| 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? |
| 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. |
| 5 | And
when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now
turned back? |
| 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. |
| 7 |
And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and
told you these words? |
| 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. |
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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.
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| 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. |
| 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? |
