ULT 2KI Chapter 1

1 And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. 2 And Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and he was injured. And he sent messengers, and he said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, if I will live from this injury.” 3 But the angel of Yahweh spoke to Elijah the Tishbite, “Get up, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria. And speak to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel you are going to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? 4 And therefore, thus says Yahweh, “The bed that you have gone up there, you will not come down from it, for surely you will die.”’” And Elijah went.

5 And the messengers returned to him. And he said to them, “What is this, you have returned?” 6 And they said to him, “A man went up to meet us, and he said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you, and you will speak to him, “Thus says Yahweh: ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel you are sending to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore the bed that you have gone up there, you will not go down from it, for you will surely die.’”’” 7 And he spoke to them, “What was the custom of the man who came up to meet you, and he spoke to you these words?” 8 And they said to him, “A man—an owner of hair and a belt of skin was tied on his hips.” And he said, “He is Elijah the Tishbite.”

9 And he sent to him a captain of 50 and his 50. And he went up to him, and look—sitting on the top of the hill. And he spoke to him, “Man of God, the king speaks, ‘Come down.’” 10 And Elijah answered, and he spoke to the captain of the 50, “And if I am a man of God, let fire come down from the heavens, and let it consume you and your 50.” And fire came down from the heavens, and it consumed him and his 50. 11 And he returned, and he sent to him another captain of 50 and his 50. And he answered, and he spoke to him, “Man of God, thus says the king, ‘Quickly, come down.’” 12 And Elijah answered, and he spoke to them, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from the heavens, and let it consume you and your 50.” And the fire of God came down from the heavens, and it consumed him and his 50. 13 And he returned, and he sent a third captain of 50 and his 50. And he went up, and the third captain of 50 came, and he kneeled on his knees opposite to Elijah, and he pleaded with him, and he spoke to him, “Man of God, please let my life and the life of your servants, these 50, be precious in your eyes. 14 Look—fire came down from the heavens, and it consumed the two captains of the 50, the first ones, and their fifties. But now, let my life be precious in your eyes.” 15 And the angel of Yahweh spoke to Elijah, “Go down with him. Do not be afraid from his face.” And he got up, and he went down with him to the king. 16 And he spoke to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Because you sent messengers to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron—was it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore, the bed that you have gone up there, you will not come down from it, for you will surely die.’”

17 And he died according to the word of Yahweh that Elijah spoke. And Joram became king in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, because a son did not belong to him. 18 But the rest of the words of Ahaziah that he did—are they not written on the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

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