Now therefore, this is what the Lord says: ‘[a](A)You will not get down from the bed upon which you have lain, but you shall certainly die.’” Then Elijah departed.

When the messengers returned to [b]Ahaziah, he said to them, “[c]Why have you returned?” They 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 (B)to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore [d]you will not get down from the bed upon which you have lain, but you shall certainly die.’”’”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 1:4 Lit The bed where you went up, you will not come down from it
  2. 2 Kings 1:5 Lit him
  3. 2 Kings 1:5 Lit What is this that you have returned?
  4. 2 Kings 1:6 See note v 4

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