Dual Panel1After <0310> Ahab <0256> died <04194>, Moab <04124> rebelled <06586> against Israel <03478>.
2Ahaziah <0274> fell <05307> through <01157> a window lattice <07639> in his upper chamber <05944> in Samaria <08111> and was injured <02470>. He sent <07971> messengers <04397> with <0413> these orders, “Go <01980>, ask <01875> Baal Zebub <01176>, the god <0430> of Ekron <06138>, if <0518> I will survive <02421> this <02088> injury <02483>.”
3But the Lord’s <03068> angelic messenger <04397> told <01696> Elijah <0452> the Tishbite <08664>, “Get <06965> up <05927>, go to meet <07125> the messengers <04397> from the king <04428> of Samaria <08111>. Say <01696> this to <0413> them: ‘You must think there is no <0369> God <0430> in Israel <03478>! That explains why you <0859> are on your way <01980> to seek <01875> an oracle from Baal Zebub <01176> the god <0430> of Ekron <06138>.
4Therefore <03651> this is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, “You will not <03808> leave <05927> the bed <04296> you lie <03381> on <04480>, for <03588> you will certainly die <04191> <04191>!”’” So Elijah <0452> went <01980> on his way.
5When the messengers <04397> returned <07725> to <0413> the king, he asked <0559> them, “Why <04100> have you returned <07725>?”
6They replied <0559>, “A man <0376> came up <05927> to meet <07125> us. He told <0559> us, “Go <01980> back <07725> to <0413> the king <04428> who <0834> sent <07971> you and tell <01696> him, ‘This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>: “You must think there <0369> is no <0369> God <0430> in Israel <03478>! That explains why you <0859> are sending <07971> for an oracle <01875> from Baal Zebub <01176>, the god <0430> of Ekron <06138>. Therefore <03651> you will not <03808> leave <05927> the bed <04296> you lie on <03381>, for <03588> you will certainly die <04191> <04191>.”’”
7The king asked <01696> them, “Describe the appearance <04941> of this man <0376> who <0834> came up <05927> to meet <07125> you and told <01696> you these <0428> things <01697>.”
8They replied <0559>, “He was a hairy <08181> man <01167> and had a leather <05785> belt <0232> tied around <0247> his waist <04975>.” The king said <0559>, “He is Elijah <0452> the Tishbite <08664>.”
9The king sent <07971> a captain <08269> and his fifty <02572> soldiers to retrieve Elijah. The captain went up <05927> to <0413> him, while he was sitting <03427> on <05921> the top <07218> of a hill <02022>. He told <01696> him, “Prophet <0430> <0376>, the king <04428> says <01696>, ‘Come down <03381>!’”
10Elijah <0452> replied <06030> to <0413> the captain <08269> <01696>, “If <0518> I <0589> am indeed a prophet <0430> <0376>, may fire <0784> come down <03381> from <04480> the sky <08064> and consume <0398> you and your fifty <02572> soldiers!” Fire <0784> then came down <03381> from the <04480> sky <08064> and consumed <0398> him and his fifty <02572> soldiers.
11The king sent <07971> another <0312> captain <08269> and his fifty <02572> soldiers to retrieve <07725> Elijah. He went up <06030> and told <01696> him, “Prophet <0430> <0376>, this is what <03541> the king <04428> says <0559>, ‘Come down <03381> at once <04120>!’”
12Elijah <0452> replied <06030> to <0413> them, “If <0518> I <0589> am indeed a prophet <0430> <0376>, may fire <0784> come down <03381> from <04480> the sky <08064> and consume <0398> you and your fifty <02572> soldiers!” Fire <0784> from God <0430> came down <03381> from <04480> the sky <08064> and consumed <0398> him and his fifty <02572> soldiers.
13The king sent <07971> a third <07992> captain <08269> and his fifty <02572> soldiers. This third <07992> captain <08269> went up <05927> and fell <03766> on <05921> his knees <01290> before <05048> Elijah <0452>. He begged for mercy <02603>, “Prophet <0430> <0376>, please <04994> have respect <03365> for my life <05315> and for the lives <05315> of these <0428> fifty <02572> servants <05650> of yours.
14Indeed <02009>, fire <0784> came down <03381> from <04480> the sky <08064> and consumed <0398> the two <08147> captains <08269> who came before <07223> me, along with their men. So now <06258>, please have respect <03365> for my life <05315>.”
15The Lord’s <03069> angelic messenger <04397> said <01696> to <0413> Elijah <0452>, “Go down <03381> with <0854> him. Don’t <0408> be afraid <03372> of him <06440>.” So he got up <06965> and went down <03381> with <0854> him to <0413> the king <04428>.
16Elijah said <01696> to <0413> the king, “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, ‘You sent <07971> messengers <04397> to seek <01875> an oracle from Baal Zebub <01176>, the god <0430> of Ekron <06138>. You must think there is no <0369> God <0430> in Israel <03478> from whom <0834> you can seek <01875> an oracle <01697>! Therefore <03651> you will not <03808> leave <05927> the bed <04296> you lie <03381> on, for <03588> you will certainly die <04191> <04191>.’”
17He died <04191> just as <0834> the Lord <03068> had prophesied <01696> through Elijah <0452>. In the second <08147> year <08141> of the reign <04427> of King Jehoram <03088> son <01121> of Jehoshaphat <03092> over Judah <03063>, Ahaziah’s brother Jehoram <03088> replaced <08478> him as king <04428> of Israel, because <03588> he had no <03808> son <01121>.
18The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Ahaziah’s <0274> reign, including his accomplishments <06213>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Israel <03478>.