II Kings Chapter 1

II Kings Chapter 1
1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel
after the death of Ahab:
2 And Ahaziah fell through the lattice
window in his upper chamber which
was in Samaria: so he was sick: then he
sent messengers, to whom he said, Go,
and inquire of Baal-zebub the god of
Ekron, if I shall recover of this my
disease.
3 Then the angel of the Lord said to
Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, and go up to
meet the messengers of the king of
Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not
because there is no God in Israel, that ye
go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of
Ekron?
4 Wherefore thus saith the Lord, Thou
shalt not come down from the bed on
which thou art gone up, but shalt die the
death. So Elijah departed. 5 And the
messengers returned unto him, to whom
he said, Why are ye now returned?
6 And they answered him, There came a
man and met us, and said unto us, Go,
and return unto the king which sent you,
and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Is
it not because there is no God in Israel,
that thou sendest to inquire of Baalzebub
the god of Ekron? Therefore thou
shalt not come down from the bed, on
which thou art gone up, but shalt die the
death.
7 And he said unto them, What manner of
man was he which came and met you,
and told you these words?
8 And they said unto him, He was an
hairy man, and girded with a girdle of
leather about his loins. Then said he, It
is Elijah the Tishbite. 9 Therefore the
king sent unto him a captain over fifty
with his fifty men, who went up unto
him: for behold, he sat on the top of a
mountain, and he said unto him, O man
of God, the king hath commanded that
thou come down. 10 But Elijah
answered, and said to the captain over
the fifty, If that I be a man of God, let
fire come down from the heaven, and
devour thee and thy fifty. So fire came
down from the heaven and devoured him
and his fifty. 11 Again also he sent unto
him another captain over fifty, with his
fifty. Who spake, and said unto him, O
man of God, thus the king commandeth,
Come down quickly.
12 But Elijah answered, and said unto
them, If I be a man of God, let fire come
down from the heaven, and devour thee
and thy fifty. So fire came down from the
heaven, and devoured him and his fifty.
13 Yet again he sent the third captain
over fifty with his fifty. And the third
captain over 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 thy fifty servants be
precious in thy sight.
14 Behold, there came fire down from
the heaven and devoured the two former
captains over fifty 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 his presence. So he arose, and went
down with him unto the king. 16 And he
said unto him, Thus saith the Lord,
Because thou hast sent messengers to
inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron,
(was it not because there was no God in
Israel to inquire of his word?) therefore
thou shalt not come down off the bed, on
which thou art gone up, but shalt die the
death. 17 So he died according to the
word of the Lord which Elijah had
spoken. And Jehoram began to reign in
his stead, in the second year of Jehoram
the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah,
because he had no son.
18 Concerning the rest of the acts of
Ahaziah, that he did, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Israel?