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2 Kings 1:1-3
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2 Kings 1:1-3
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Elijah Rebukes King Ahaziah
1 Moab rebelled against Israel[a] after Ahab died. 2 Meanwhile, Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice in his upper room in Samaria and lay injured. He sent messengers to Ekron with these orders: “Go and consult with Ekron’s god Baal-zebub to find out[b] if I’m going to recover from this injury.”[c]
3 But the angel of the Lord spoke to Elijah the foreigner,[d] “Get up and go meet the messengers from the king of Samaria. Ask them ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you’re going to consult with Ekron’s god Baal-zebub?
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- 2 Kings 1:1 Cf. 2Sam 8:2
- 2 Kings 1:2 The Heb. lacks and find out
- 2 Kings 1:2 Lit. sickness
- 2 Kings 1:3 Lit. Tishbite; or sojourner
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