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Then Moab[H4124]rebelled[H6586] against Israel[H3478]after[H310] the death[H4194] of Ahab[H256].
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And Ahaziah[H274] fell down[H5307] through a lattice[H7639] in his upper chamber[H5944] that was in Samaria[H8111], and was sick[H2470]: and he sent[H7971]messengers[H4397], and said[H559] unto them, Go[H3212], enquire[H1875] of Baalzebub[H1176] the god[H430] of Ekron[H6138] whether I shall recover[H2421] of this disease[H2483].
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But the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068]said[H1696] to Elijah[H452] the Tishbite[H8664], Arise[H6965], go[H1980]up[H5927] to meet[H7125] the messengers[H4397] of the king[H4428] of Samaria[H8111], and say[H1696] unto them, Is it not because there is not a God[H430] in Israel[H3478], that ye go[H1980] to enquire[H1875] of Baalzebub[H1176] the god[H430] of Ekron?[H6138]
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Now therefore thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Thou shalt not come down[H3381] from that bed[H4296] on which thou art gone up[H5927], but shalt surely[H4191]die[H4191]. And Elijah[H452]departed[H3212].
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And when the messengers[H4397] turned back[H7725] unto him, he said[H559] unto them, Why are ye now[H2088] turned back?[H7725]
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And they said[H559] unto him, There came[H5927] a man[H376]up[H5927] to meet[H7125] us, and said[H559] unto us, Go[H3212], turn again[H7725] unto the king[H4428] that sent[H7971] you, and say[H1696] unto him, Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Is it not because there is not a God[H430] in Israel[H3478], that thou sendest[H7971] to enquire[H1875] of Baalzebub[H1176] the god[H430] of Ekron?[H6138] therefore thou shalt not come down[H3381] from that bed[H4296] on which thou art gone up[H5927], but shalt surely[H4191]die[H4191].
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And he said[H1696] unto them, What manner[H4941] of man[H376] was he which came up[H5927] to meet[H7125] you, and told[H1696] you these words?[H1697]
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And they answered[H559] him, He was an hairy[H8181]man[H1167], and girt[H247] with a girdle[H232] of leather[H5785] about his loins[H4975]. And he said[H559], It is Elijah[H452] the Tishbite[H8664].
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Then the king[H4428]sent[H7971] unto him a captain[H8269] of fifty[H2572] with his fifty[H2572]. And he went up[H5927] to him: and, behold, he sat[H3427] on the top[H7218] of an hill[H2022]. And he spake[H1696] unto him, Thou man[H376] of God[H430], the king[H4428] hath said[H1696], Come down[H3381].
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And Elijah[H452]answered[H6030] and said[H1696] to the captain[H8269] of fifty[H2572], If I be a man[H376] of God[H430], then let fire[H784] come down[H3381] from heaven[H8064], and consume[H398] thee and thy fifty[H2572]. And there came down[H3381]fire[H784] from heaven[H8064], and consumed[H398] him and his fifty[H2572].
11Again[H7725] also he sent[H7971] unto him another[H312]captain[H8269] of fifty[H2572] with his fifty[H2572]. And he answered[H6030] and said[H1696] unto him, O man[H376] of God[H430], thus hath the king[H4428]said[H559], Come down[H3381]quickly[H4120].
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And Elijah[H452]answered[H6030] and said[H1696] unto them, If I be a man[H376] of God[H430], let fire[H784] come down[H3381] from heaven[H8064], and consume[H398] thee and thy fifty[H2572]. And the fire[H784] of God[H430] came down[H3381] from heaven[H8064], and consumed[H398] him and his fifty[H2572].
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And he sent[H7971]again[H7725] a captain[H8269] of the third[H7992]fifty[H2572] with his fifty[H2572]. And the third[H7992]captain[H8269] of fifty[H2572] went up[H5927], and came[H935] and fell[H3766] on his knees[H1290]before[H5048]Elijah[H452], and besought[H2603] him, and said[H1696] unto him, O man[H376] of God[H430], I pray thee, let my life[H5315], and the life[H5315] of these fifty[H2572] thy servants[H5650], be precious[H3365] in thy sight[H5869].
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Behold, there came[H3381]fire[H784]down[H3381] from heaven[H8064], and burnt up[H398] the two[H8147]captains[H8269] of the former[H7223]fifties[H2572] with their fifties[H2572]: therefore let my life[H5315] now be precious[H3365] in thy sight[H5869].
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And the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068]said[H1696] unto Elijah[H452], Go down[H3381] with him[H6440]: be not afraid[H3372] of him[H6440]. And he arose[H6965], and went down[H3381] with him[H6440] unto the king[H4428].
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And he said[H1696] unto him, Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Forasmuch as thou hast sent[H7971]messengers[H4397] to enquire[H1875] of Baalzebub[H1176] the god[H430] of Ekron[H6138], is it not because there is no God[H430] in Israel[H3478] to enquire[H1875] of his word?[H1697] therefore thou shalt not come down[H3381] off that bed[H4296] on which thou art gone up[H5927], but shalt surely[H4191]die[H4191].
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So he died[H4191] according to the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] which Elijah[H452] had spoken[H1696]. And Jehoram[H3088]reigned[H4427] in his stead in the second[H8147]year[H8141] of Jehoram[H3088] the son[H1121] of Jehoshaphat[H3092]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063]; because he had no son[H1121].
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Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Ahaziah[H274] which he did[H6213], are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697] of the kings[H4428] of Israel?[H3478]