² And Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber, which was in Samaria, and became ill. So he sent messengers and said to them, “Go, ^(A)inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, ^(B)whether I will live from this sickness.” ³ But the angel of ^[a]Yahweh said to ^(C)Elijah 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 ^(D)Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’ ⁴ Now therefore thus says Yahweh, ‘^[b](E)You shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’” Then Elijah departed.