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Chapter 1
- 1:1
- Then Moab rebelled against Israel
after the death of Ahab.
- 1:2
- 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.
- 1:3
- 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?
- 1:4
- 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.
- 1:5
- And when the messengers turned
back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
- 1:6
- 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.
- 1:7
- And he said unto them, What manner
of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
- 1:8
- 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.
- 1:9
- 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.
- 1:10
- 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.
- 1:11
- 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.
- 1:12
- 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.
- 1:13
- 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.
- 1:14
- 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.
- 1:15
- 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.
- 1:16
- 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.
- 1:17
- 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.
- 1:18
- 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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