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Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab .
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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 .
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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 ?
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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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And when the messengers turned back unto him ,
he said unto them ,
Why are ye now turned back ?
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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 .
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 .
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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 .
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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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And it came to pass ,
when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind ,
that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal .
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And Elijah said unto Elisha ,
Tarry here ,
I pray thee ;
for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel .
And Elisha said unto him ,
As the LORD liveth ,
and as thy soul liveth ,
I will not leave thee .
So they went down to Bethel .
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And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha ,
and said unto him ,
Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day ?
And he said ,
Yea ,
I know it ;
hold ye your peace .
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And Elijah said unto him ,
Elisha ,
tarry here ,
I pray thee ;
for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho .
And he said ,
As the LORD liveth ,
and as thy soul liveth ,
I will not leave thee .
So they came to Jericho .
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And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha ,
and said unto him ,
Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day ?
And he answered ,
Yea ,
I know it ;
hold ye your peace .
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And Elijah said unto him ,
Tarry ,
I pray thee ,
here ;
for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan .
And he said ,
As the LORD liveth ,
and as thy soul liveth ,
I will not leave thee .
And they two went on .
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And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went ,
and stood to view afar off :
and they two stood by Jordan .
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And Elijah took his mantle ,
and wrapped it together ,
and smote the waters ,
and they were divided hither and thither ,
so that they two went over on dry ground .
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And it came to pass ,
when they were gone over ,
that Elijah said unto Elisha ,
Ask what I shall do for thee ,
before I be taken away from thee .
And Elisha said ,
I pray thee ,
let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me .
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And he said ,
Thou hast asked a hard thing :
nevertheless ,
if thou see me when I am taken from thee ,
it shall be so unto thee ;
but if not ,
it shall not be so .
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And it came to pass ,
as they still went on ,
and talked ,
that ,
behold ,
there appeared a chariot of fire ,
and horses of fire ,
and parted them both asunder ;
and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven .
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And Elisha saw it ,
and he cried ,
My father ,
my father ,
the chariot of Israel ,
and the horsemen thereof .
And he saw him no more :
and he took hold of his own clothes ,
and rent them in two pieces .
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He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him ,
and went back ,
and stood by the bank of Jordan ;
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And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him ,
and smote the waters ,
and said ,
Where is the LORD God of Elijah ?
and when he also had smitten the waters ,
they parted hither and thither :
and Elisha went over .
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And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him ,
they said ,
The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha .
And they came to meet him ,
and bowed themselves to the ground before him .
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And they said unto him ,
Behold now ,
there be with thy servants fifty strong men ;
let them go ,
we pray thee ,
and seek thy master :
lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up ,
and cast him upon some mountain ,
or into some valley .
And he said ,
Ye shall not send .
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And when they urged him till he was ashamed ,
he said ,
Send .
They sent therefore fifty men ;
and they sought three days ,
but found him not .
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And when they came again to him , (
for he tarried at Jericho ,)
he said unto them ,
Did I not say unto you ,
Go not ?
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And the men of the city said unto Elisha ,
Behold ,
I pray thee ,
the situation of this city is pleasant ,
as my lord seeth :
but the water is naught ,
and the ground barren .
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And he said ,
Bring me a new cruse ,
and put salt therein .
And they brought it to him .
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And he went forth unto the spring of the waters ,
and cast the salt in there ,
and said ,
Thus saith the LORD ,
I have healed these waters ;
there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land .
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So the waters were healed unto this day ,
according to the saying of Elisha which he spake .
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And he went up from thence unto Bethel :
and as he was going up by the way ,
there came forth little children out of the city ,
and mocked him ,
and said unto him ,
Go up ,
thou bald head ;
go up ,
thou bald head .
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And he turned back ,
and looked on them ,
and cursed them in the name of the LORD .
And there came forth two she bears out of the wood ,
and tare forty and two children of them .
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And he went from thence to mount Carmel ,
and from thence he returned to Samaria .
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Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah ,
and reigned twelve years .
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And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD ;
but not like his father ,
and like his mother :
for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made .
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Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat ,
which made Israel to sin ;
he departed not therefrom .
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And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster ,
and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs ,
and an hundred thousand rams ,
with the wool .
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But it came to pass ,
when Ahab was dead ,
that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel .
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And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time ,
and numbered all Israel .
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And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah ,
saying ,
The king of Moab hath rebelled against me :
wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle ?
And he said ,
I will go up :
I am as thou art ,
my people as thy people ,
and my horses as thy horses .
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And he said ,
Which way shall we go up ?
And he answered ,
The way through the wilderness of Edom .
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So the king of Israel went ,
and the king of Judah ,
and the king of Edom :
and they fetched a compass of seven days '
journey :
and there was no water for the host ,
and for the cattle that followed them .
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And the king of Israel said ,
Alas !
that the LORD hath called these three kings together ,
to deliver them into the hand of Moab !
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But Jehoshaphat said ,
Is there not here a prophet of the LORD ,
that we may enquire of the LORD by him ?
And one of the king of Israel '
s servants answered and said ,
Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat ,
which poured water on the hands of Elijah .
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And Jehoshaphat said ,
The word of the LORD is with him .
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him .
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And Elisha said unto the king of Israel ,
What have I to do with thee ?
get thee to the prophets of thy father ,
and to the prophets of thy mother .
And the king of Israel said unto him ,
Nay :
for the LORD hath called these three kings together ,
to deliver them into the hand of Moab .
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And Elisha said ,
As the LORD of hosts liveth ,
before whom I stand ,
surely ,
were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah ,
I would not look toward thee ,
nor see thee .
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But now bring me a minstrel .
And it came to pass ,
when the minstrel played ,
that the hand of the LORD came upon him .
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And he said ,
Thus saith the LORD ,
Make this valley full of ditches .
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For thus saith the LORD ,
Ye shall not see wind ,
neither shall ye see rain ;
yet that valley shall be filled with water ,
that ye may drink ,
both ye ,
and your cattle ,
and your beasts .
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And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD :
he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand .
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And ye shall smite every fenced city ,
and every choice city ,
and shall fell every good tree ,
and stop all wells of water ,
and mar every good piece of land with stones .
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And it came to pass in the morning ,
when the meat offering was offered ,
that ,
behold ,
there came water by the way of Edom ,
and the country was filled with water .
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And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them ,
they gathered all that were able to put on armour ,
and upward ,
and stood in the border .
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And they rose up early in the morning ,
and the sun shone upon the water ,
and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood :
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And they said ,
This is blood :
the kings are surely slain ,
and they have smitten one another :
now therefore ,
Moab ,
to the spoil .
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And when they came to the camp of Israel ,
the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites ,
so that they fled before them :
but they went forward smiting the Moabites ,
even in their country .
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And they beat down the cities ,
and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone ,
and filled it ;
and they stopped all the wells of water ,
and felled all the good trees :
only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof ;
howbeit the slingers went about it ,
and smote it .
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And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him ,
he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords ,
to break through even unto the king of Edom :
but they could not .
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Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead ,
and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall .
And there was great indignation against Israel :
and they departed from him ,
and returned to their own land .
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Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha ,
saying ,
Thy servant my husband is dead ;
and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD :
and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen .
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