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?