⁴ This is what Yahweh says: You will not get up from the bed you are lying on. Instead, you will die there.’” Then Elijah left.

⁵ When the messengers returned, the king asked them, “Why have you come back so soon?”

⁶ They told him that a man came to meet them and said to them, “Go back to the king who sent you. Tell him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: Do you send messengers to seek advice from Baalzebub, the god of Ekron, because you think there is no Elohim in Israel? You will not get up from the bed you are lying on. Instead, you will die there.’”