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2 Kings 1
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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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