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Elijah Rebukes King Ahaziah

Moab rebelled against Israel[a] after Ahab died. 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]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 1:1 Cf. 2Sam 8:2
  2. 2 Kings 1:2 The Heb. lacks and find out
  3. 2 Kings 1:2 Lit. sickness

The Lord’s Judgment on Ahaziah

After Ahab’s death, Moab(A) rebelled against Israel. Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers,(B) saying to them, “Go and consult Baal-Zebub,(C) the god of Ekron,(D) to see if I will recover(E) from this injury.”

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