2 Kings 1

1Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.Cross-references: Num 24:7 · 2Sam 8:2 · 2Ki 3:4 · 2Ki 8:20 · 2Ki 8:22 · 1Chr 18:2 · +1 more

2Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this sickness.”Cross-references: Judg 5:28 · Judg 11:24 · 1Sam 5:10 · 1Ki 11:33 · 1Ki 14:3 · 1Ki 22:34 · +14 more

3But Yahweh’s angel said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?Cross-references: 1Sam 17:46 · 1Ki 17:1 · 1Ki 18:1 · 1Ki 18:36 · 1Ki 19:5 · 1Ki 19:7 · +13 more

4Now therefore Yahweh says, “You will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.”’” Then Elijah departed.Cross-references: Gen 2:17 · Gen 3:4 · Num 26:65 · 1Sam 28:19 · 1Ki 14:12 · 2Ki 1:6 · +4 more

5The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, “Why is it that you have returned?”

6They said to him, “A man came up to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you, and tell him, “Yahweh says, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.’”’”Cross-references: 2Ki 1:2 · 1Chr 10:13 · Ps 16:4 · Isa 41:22

7He said to them, “What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and told you these words?”Cross-references: Judg 8:18 · 1Sam 28:14

8They answered him, “He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist.” He said, “It’s Elijah the Tishbite.”Cross-references: Isa 20:2 · Zech 13:4 · Matt 3:4 · Matt 11:8 · Mark 1:6 · Luke 1:17 · +1 more

9Then the king sent a captain of fifty with his fifty to him. He went up to him; and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to him, “Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down!’”Cross-references: 1Ki 18:4 · 1Ki 18:10 · 1Ki 18:42 · 1Ki 19:2 · 1Ki 22:8 · 1Ki 22:26 · +10 more

10Elijah answered to the captain of fifty, “If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty!” Then fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.Cross-references: Num 11:1 · Num 16:28 · Num 16:35 · 1Ki 18:36 · 1Ki 22:28 · 2Ki 2:23 · +14 more

11Again he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. He answered him, “Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down quickly!’”Cross-references: Num 16:41 · 1Sam 6:9 · 1Sam 22:17 · Prov 29:12 · Isa 26:11 · Isa 32:7 · +5 more

12Elijah answered them, “If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty!” Then God’s fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.Cross-references: 2Ki 1:9

13Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, “Man of God, please let my life and the life of these fifty of your servants be precious in your sight.Cross-references: Ex 11:8 · Num 12:11 · 1Sam 26:21 · 1Ki 13:6 · Job 15:25 · Ps 72:14 · +8 more

14Behold, fire came down from the sky and consumed the last two captains of fifty with their fifties. But now let my life be precious in your sight.”Cross-references: 1Sam 26:21 · 1Sam 26:24 · 2Ki 1:10 · Ps 49:8 · Ps 72:14 · Ps 116:15 · +3 more

15Yahweh’s angel said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Don’t be afraid of him.” Then he arose and went down with him to the king.Cross-references: Gen 15:1 · 1Ki 18:15 · 2Ki 1:3 · Ps 27:1 · Isa 51:12 · Jer 1:17 · +4 more

16He said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore you will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.’”Cross-references: Ex 4:22 · 1Ki 14:6 · 1Ki 21:18 · 1Ki 22:28 · 2Ki 1:2 · 2Ki 1:6 · +2 more

17So he died according to Yahweh’s word which Elijah had spoken. Jehoram began to reign in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, because he had no son.Cross-references: 1Ki 22:51 · 2Ki 3:1 · 2Ki 8:16

18Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?Cross-references: 1Ki 14:19 · 1Ki 22:39