Dual Panel1Then Moab <04124> rebelled <06586> (8799) against Israel <03478> after <0310> the death <04194> of Ahab <0256>_.
2And Ahaziah <0274> fell down <05307> (8799) through a lattice <07639> in his upper chamber <05944> that [was] in Samaria <08111>_, and was sick <02470> (8799)_: and he sent <07971> (8799) messengers <04397>_, and said <0559> (8799) unto them, Go <03212> (8798)_, enquire <01875> (8798) of Baalzebub <01176> the god <0430> of Ekron <06138> whether I shall recover <02421> (8799) of this disease <02483>_.
3But the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> said <01696> (8765) to Elijah <0452> the Tishbite <08664>_, Arise <06965> (8798)_, go up <05927> (8798) to meet <07125> (8800) the messengers <04397> of the king <04428> of Samaria <08111>_, and say <01696> (8761) unto them, [Is it] not because [there is] not a God <0430> in Israel <03478>_, [that] ye go <01980> (8802) to enquire <01875> (8800) of Baalzebub <01176> the god <0430> of Ekron <06138>_?
4Now therefore thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_, Thou shalt not come down <03381> (8799) from that bed <04296> on which thou art gone up <05927> (8804)_, but shalt surely <04191> (8800) die <04191> (8799)_. And Elijah <0452> departed <03212> (8799)_. {Thou shalt...: Heb. The bed whither thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it}
5And when the messengers <04397> turned back <07725> (8799) unto him, he said <0559> (8799) unto them, Why are ye now <02088> turned back <07725> (8804)_?
6And they said <0559> (8799) unto him, There came <05927> (0) a man <0376> up <05927> (8804) to meet <07125> (8800) us, and said <0559> (8799) unto us, Go <03212> (8798)_, turn again <07725> (8798) unto the king <04428> that sent <07971> (8804) you, and say <01696> (8765) unto him, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_, [Is it] not because [there is] not a God <0430> in Israel <03478>_, [that] thou sendest <07971> (8802) to enquire <01875> (8800) of Baalzebub <01176> the god <0430> of Ekron <06138>_? therefore thou shalt not come down <03381> (8799) from that bed <04296> on which thou art gone up <05927> (8804)_, but shalt surely <04191> (8800) die <04191> (8799)_.
7And he said <01696> (8762) unto them, What manner <04941> of man <0376> [was he] which came up <05927> (8804) to meet <07125> (8800) you, and told <01696> (8762) you these words <01697>_? {What...: Heb. What was the manner of the man}
8And they answered <0559> (8799) him, [He was] an hairy <08181> man <01167> <0376>_, and girt <0247> (8803) with a girdle <0232> of leather <05785> about his loins <04975>_. And he said <0559> (8799)_, It [is] Elijah <0452> the Tishbite <08664>_.
9Then the king <04428> sent <07971> (8799) unto him a captain <08269> of fifty <02572> with his fifty <02572>_. And he went up <05927> (8799) to him: and, behold, he sat <03427> (8802) on the top <07218> of an hill <02022>_. And he spake <01696> (8762) unto him, Thou man <0376> of God <0430>_, the king <04428> hath said <01696> (8765)_, Come down <03381> (8798)_.
10And Elijah <0452> answered <06030> (8799) and said <01696> (8762) to the captain <08269> of fifty <02572>_, If I [be] a man <0376> of God <0430>_, then let fire <0784> come down <03381> (8799) from heaven <08064>_, and consume <0398> (8799) thee and thy fifty <02572>_. And there came down <03381> (8799) fire <0784> from heaven <08064>_, and consumed <0398> (8799) him and his fifty <02572>_.
11Again <07725> (8799) also he sent <07971> (8799) unto him another <0312> captain <08269> of fifty <02572> with his fifty <02572>_. And he answered <06030> (8799) and said <01696> (8762) unto him, O man <0376> of God <0430>_, thus hath the king <04428> said <0559> (8804)_, Come down <03381> (8798) quickly <04120>_.
12And Elijah <0452> answered <06030> (8799) and said <01696> (8762) unto them, If I [be] a man <0376> of God <0430>_, let fire <0784> come down <03381> (8799) from heaven <08064>_, and consume <0398> (8799) thee and thy fifty <02572>_. And the fire <0784> of God <0430> came down <03381> (8799) from heaven <08064>_, and consumed <0398> (8799) him and his fifty <02572>_.
13And he sent <07971> (8799) again <07725> (8799) a captain <08269> of the third <07992> fifty <02572> with his fifty <02572>_. And the third <07992> captain <08269> of fifty <02572> went up <05927> (8799)_, and came <0935> (8799) and fell <03766> (8799) on his knees <01290> before <05048> Elijah <0452>_, and besought <02603> (8691) him, and said <01696> (8762) unto him, O man <0376> of God <0430>_, I pray thee, let my life <05315>_, and the life <05315> of these fifty <02572> thy servants <05650>_, be precious <03365> (8799) in thy sight <05869>_. {fell: Heb. bowed}
14Behold, there came <03381> (0) fire <0784> down <03381> (8804) from heaven <08064>_, and burnt up <0398> (8799) the two <08147> captains <08269> of the former <07223> fifties <02572> with their fifties <02572>_: therefore let my life <05315> now be precious <03365> (8799) in thy sight <05869>_.
15And the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> said <01696> (8762) unto Elijah <0452>_, Go down <03381> (8798) with him: be not afraid <03372> (8799) of him <06440>_. And he arose <06965> (8799)_, and went down <03381> (8799) with him unto the king <04428>_.
16And he said <01696> (8762) unto him, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_, Forasmuch as thou hast sent <07971> (8804) messengers <04397> to enquire <01875> (8800) of Baalzebub <01176> the god <0430> of Ekron <06138>_, [is it] not because [there is] no God <0430> in Israel <03478> to enquire <01875> (8800) of his word <01697>_? therefore thou shalt not come down <03381> (8799) off that bed <04296> on which thou art gone up <05927> (8804)_, but shalt surely <04191> (8800) die <04191> (8799)_.
17So he died <04191> (8799) according to the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> which Elijah <0452> had spoken <01696> (8765)_. And Jehoram <03088> reigned <04427> (8799) in his stead in the second <08147> year <08141> of Jehoram <03088> the son <01121> of Jehoshaphat <03092> king <04428> of Judah <03063>_; because he had no son <01121>_.
18Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Ahaziah <0274> which he did <06213> (8804)_, [are] they not written <03789> (8803) in the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> <03117> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>_?