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After the death of Ahab ,
Moab rebelled against Israel .
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Now Ahazi '
ah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber in Sama '
ria ,
and lay sick ;
so he sent messengers ,
telling them , "
Go ,
inquire of Ba '
al-ze '
bub ,
the god of Ekron ,
whether I shall recover from this sickness ."
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But the angel of the LORD said to Eli '
jah the Tishbite , "
Arise ,
go up to meet the messengers of the king of Sama '
ria ,
and say to them , `
Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Ba '
al-ze '
bub ,
the god of Ekron ?'
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Now therefore thus says the LORD , `
You shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone ,
but you shall surely die .'"
So Eli '
jah went .
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The messengers returned to the king ,
and he said to them , "
Why have you returned ?"
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And they said to him , "
There came a man to meet us ,
and said to us , `
Go back 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 Ba '
al-ze '
bub ,
the god of Ekron ?
Therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone ,
but shall surely die .'"
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He said to them , "
What kind of man was he who came to meet you and told you these things ?"
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They answered him , "
He wore a garment of haircloth ,
with a girdle of leather about his loins ."
And he said , "
It is Eli '
jah the Tishbite ."
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Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty men with his fifty .
He went up to Eli '
jah ,
who was sitting on the top of a hill ,
and said to him , "
O man of God ,
the king says , `
Come down .'"
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But Eli '
jah answered the captain of fifty , "
If I am a man of God ,
let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty ."
Then fire came down from heaven ,
and consumed him and his fifty .
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Again the king sent to him another captain of fifty men with his fifty .
And he went up and said to him , "
O man of God ,
this is the king '
s order , `
Come down quickly !'"
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But Eli '
jah answered them , "
If I am a man of God ,
let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty ."
Then the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty .
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Again the king sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty .
And the third captain of fifty went up ,
and came and fell on his knees before Eli '
jah ,
and entreated him , "
O man of God ,
I pray you ,
let my life ,
and the life of these fifty servants of yours ,
be precious in your sight .
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Lo ,
fire came down from heaven ,
and consumed the two former captains of fifty men with their fifties ;
but now let my life be precious in your sight ."
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Then the angel of the LORD said to Eli '
jah , "
Go down with him ;
do not be afraid of him ."
So he arose and went down with him to the king ,
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and said to him , "
Thus says the LORD , `
Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Ba '
al-ze '
bub ,
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 ,
but you shall surely die .'"
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So he died according to the word of the LORD which Eli '
jah had spoken .
Jeho '
ram ,
his brother ,
became king in his stead in the second year of Jeho '
ram the son of Jehosh '
aphat ,
king of Judah ,
because Ahazi '
ah had no son .
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Now the rest of the acts of Ahazi '
ah which he did ,
are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel ?