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* Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab #Ach #ab #. * And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria , and was sick : and he sent messengers mal #ak #, and said unto them , Go , enquire of Baalzebub Ba #althe god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease . * 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 Yisra #el #, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub Ba #althe god of Ekron ? * 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 . * And when the messengers turned back unto him , he said unto them , Why are ye now turned back ? * And they said unto him , There camea 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 Yisra #el #, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub Ba #althe god of Ekron ? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up , but shalt surely die . * And he said unto them , What manner of man was he which came up to meet you , and told you these words ? * And they answered him , He was an hairy man #H376 , and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins . And he said , It is Elijah the Tishbite . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And he said unto him , Thus saith the LORD , Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub Ba #althe 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 . * 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 . * Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did , are they not written in the book of the chronicles dabar # of the kings of Israel Yisra #el #?

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