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* Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab . * Now Ahaziah fell through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria , and was injured ; so he sent messengers and said to them , "Go , inquire of Baal-Zebub , the god of Ekron , whether I shall recover from this injury ." * 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 , "Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-Zebub , the god of Ekron ?' * 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 . * And when the messengers returned to him , he said to them , "Why have you come back ?" * 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 : "Is it because there is no God in Israel that 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 .""" * Then he said to them , "What kind of man was it who came up to meet you and told you these words ?" * So they answered him , "A hairy man wearing a leather belt around his waist ." And he said , "It is Elijah the Tishbite ." * 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 !"' * So Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty , "If I am 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 . * 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 !"' * So Elijah answered and said to them , "If I am 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 . * 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 . * 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 ." * 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 . * Then he said to him , "Thus says the LORD : "Because you have 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 you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up , but you shall surely die ."' * So Ahaziah 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 . * 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 ?

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