1: Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of
Ahab. |
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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, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover
of this disease. |
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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 inquire of
Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? |
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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. |
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5: And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto
them, Why are ye now turned back? |
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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 inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?
therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone
up, but shalt surely die. |
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7: And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up
to meet you, and told you these words? |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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16: And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou
hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it
not because there is 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. |
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17: So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had
spoken. And horam reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram
the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son. |
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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? |