2 Kings 1
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2 Kings 1:3-8

3But the angel of the Lord said to 1Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of 2Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’ 4Now therefore, this is what the Lord says: ‘34You will not get down from the bed upon which you have lain, but you shall certainly die.’” Then Elijah departed.

5When the messengers returned to 5Ahaziah, he said to them, “6Why have you 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 say to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending messengers 7to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore 8you will not get down from the bed upon which you have lain, but you shall certainly die.’”’” 7Then he said to them, “What 9did the man look like, who came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?” 8And they said to him, “10He was a hairy man with a leather 11belt worn around his waist.” And he said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Kings 1:3 1 Kin 17:1; 21:17 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Kings 1:3 2 Kin 1:2 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Kings 1:4 Lit The bed where you went up, you will not come down from it ↩
  4. 4. 2 Kings 1:4 2 Kin 1:6, 16 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Kings 1:5 Lit him ↩
  6. 6. 2 Kings 1:5 Lit What is this that you have returned? ↩
  7. 7. 2 Kings 1:6 2 Kin 1:2 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Kings 1:6 See note v 4 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Kings 1:7 Lit was the appearance of ↩
  10. 10. 2 Kings 1:8 Zech 13:4; Matt 3:4; Mark 1:6 ↩
  11. 11. 2 Kings 1:8 Lit loincloth ↩

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