¹Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

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 , enquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron , whether I will recover of this sickness .”

³But the LORD ’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 enquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron ?[#1:3 When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name (Hebrew “”, usually pronounced Yahweh).; #1:3 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “” (Elohim).]

⁴Now therefore the LORD says , “You will not come down from the bed where you have gone up , but you will surely die .”’” Then Elijah departed .

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 , “The LORD says , ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to enquire 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 .’”’”

⁷He said to them , “What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and told you these words ?”

⁸They answered him , “He was a hairy man , and wearing a leather belt around his waist .”

He said, “It ’s Elijah the Tishbite .”

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 !’”[#1:9 “Behold”, from “”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.]

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 .

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 !’”

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 .

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 .

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 .”

¹⁵The LORD ’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 .

¹⁶He said to him , “The LORD says , ‘Because you have sent messengers to enquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron , is it because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word ? Therefore you will not come down from the bed where you have gone up , but you will surely die .’”

¹⁷So he died according to the LORD ’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 .

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 ?