<vn='1'>Then <sn="4124">Moab</s><sn="6586">rebelled</s> against <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="310">after</s> the <sn="4194">death</s> of <sn="256">Ahab</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="274">Ahaziah</s> fell <sn="5307">down</s><sn="1157">through</s> a <sn="7639">lattice</s> in his upper <sn="5944">chamber</s><sn="834">that</s> was in <sn="8111">Samaria</s>, and was <sn="2470">sick</s>: and he <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="1980">Go</s>, <sn="1875">inquire</s> of <sn="1176">Baal</s> -zebub the <sn="430">god</s> of <sn="6138">Ekron</s><sn="518">whether</s> I shall <sn="2421">recover</s> of this <sn="4480 2483 2088">disease</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>But the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1696">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="452">Elijah</s> the <sn="8664">Tishbite</s>, <sn="6965">Arise</s>, go <sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s> the <sn="4397">messengers</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="8111">Samaria</s>, and <sn="1696">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, Is it not <sn="4480 1097">because</s> there is <sn="369">not</s> a <sn="430">God</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>, that <sn="859">ye</s><sn="1980">go</s> to <sn="1875">inquire</s> of <sn="1176">Baal</s> -zebub the <sn="430">god</s> of <sn="6138">Ekron</s>? </v>
<vn='4'>Now <sn="3651">therefore</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, Thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s> come <sn="3381">down</s><sn="4480">from</s> that <sn="4296">bed</s> on <sn="834 8033">which</s> thou art gone <sn="5927">up</s>, <sn="3588">but</s> shalt surely <sn="4191 4191">die</s>. And <sn="452">Elijah</s><sn="1980">departed</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And when the <sn="4397">messengers</s> turned <sn="7725">back</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="4100">Why</s> are ye <sn="2088">now</s> turned <sn="7725">back</s>? </v>
<vn='6'>And they <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, There <sn="5927">came</s> a <sn="376">man</s><sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s> us, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> us, <sn="1980">Go</s>, turn <sn="7725">again</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="7971">sent</s> you, and <sn="1696">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, Is it not <sn="4480 1097">because</s> there is <sn="369">not</s> a <sn="430">God</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>, that <sn="859">thou</s><sn="7971">sendest</s> to <sn="1875">inquire</s> of <sn="1176">Baal</s> -zebub the <sn="430">god</s> of <sn="6138">Ekron</s>? <sn="3651">therefore</s> thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s> come <sn="3381">down</s><sn="4480">from</s> that <sn="4296">bed</s> on <sn="834 8033">which</s> thou art gone <sn="5927">up</s>, <sn="3588">but</s> shalt surely <sn="4191 4191">die</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And he <sn="1696">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="4100">What</s><sn="4941">manner</s> of <sn="376">man</s> was he <sn="834">which</s> came <sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s> you, and <sn="1696 413">told</s> you <sn="*853"></s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s>? </v>
<vn='8'>And they <sn="559 413">answered</s> him, He was a hairy <sn="376 1167 8181">man</s>, and <sn="247">girt</s> with a <sn="232">girdle</s> of <sn="5785">leather</s> about his <sn="4975">loins</s>. And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1931">It</s> is <sn="452">Elijah</s> the <sn="8664">Tishbite</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Then the king <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">unto</s> him a <sn="8269">captain</s> of <sn="2572">fifty</s> with his <sn="2572">fifty</s>. And he went <sn="5927">up</s><sn="413">to</s> him: and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, he <sn="3427">sat</s><sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="7218">top</s> of a <sn="2022">hill</s>. And he <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, Thou <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, the <sn="4428">king</s> hath <sn="1696">said</s>, Come <sn="3381">down</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="452">Elijah</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="1696">said</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="8269">captain</s> of <sn="2572">fifty</s>, <sn="518">If</s><sn="589">I</s> be a <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, then let <sn="784">fire</s> come <sn="3381">down</s><sn="4480">from</s><sn="8064">heaven</s>, and <sn="398">consume</s> thee and thy <sn="2572">fifty</s>. And there came <sn="3381">down</s><sn="784">fire</s><sn="4480">from</s><sn="8064">heaven</s>, and <sn="398">consumed</s> him and his <sn="2572">fifty</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="7725">Again</s> also he <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">unto</s> him <sn="312">another</s><sn="8269">captain</s> of <sn="2572">fifty</s> with his <sn="2572">fifty</s>. And he <sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="1696">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, O <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="3541">thus</s> hath the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">said</s>, Come <sn="3381">down</s><sn="4120">quickly</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="452">Elijah</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="1696">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="518">If</s><sn="589">I</s> be a <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, let <sn="784">fire</s> come <sn="3381">down</s><sn="4480">from</s><sn="8064">heaven</s>, and <sn="398">consume</s> thee and thy <sn="2572">fifty</s>. And the <sn="784">fire</s> of <sn="430">God</s> came <sn="3381">down</s><sn="4480">from</s><sn="8064">heaven</s>, and <sn="398">consumed</s> him and his <sn="2572">fifty</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And he <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="7725">again</s> a <sn="8269">captain</s> of the <sn="7992">third</s><sn="2572">fifty</s> with his <sn="2572">fifty</s>. And the <sn="7992">third</s><sn="8269">captain</s> of <sn="2572">fifty</s> went <sn="5927">up</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> and <sn="3766">fell</s><sn="5921">on</s> his <sn="1290">knees</s><sn="5048">before</s><sn="452">Elijah</s>, and <sn="2603 413">besought</s> him, and <sn="1696">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, O <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, let my <sn="5315">life</s>, and the <sn="5315">life</s> of <sn="428">these</s><sn="2572">fifty</s> thy <sn="5650">servants</s>, be <sn="3365">precious</s> in thy <sn="5869">sight</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, there came fire <sn="3381 784">down</s><sn="4480">from</s><sn="8064">heaven</s>, and burnt <sn="398">up</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8147">two</s><sn="8269">captains</s> of the <sn="7223">former</s><sn="2572">fifties</s> with their <sn="2572">fifties</s>: therefore let my <sn="5315">life</s><sn="6258">now</s> be <sn="3365">precious</s> in thy <sn="5869">sight</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1696">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="452">Elijah</s>, Go <sn="3381">down</s><sn="854">with</s> him: be not <sn="408 3372">afraid</s><sn="4480 6440">of</s> him. And he <sn="6965">arose</s>, and went <sn="3381">down</s><sn="854">with</s> him <sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And he <sn="1696">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, Forasmuch <sn="3282 834">as</s> thou hast <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s> to <sn="1875">inquire</s> of <sn="1176">Baal</s> -zebub the <sn="430">god</s> of <sn="6138">Ekron</s>, is it not <sn="4480 1097">because</s> there is <sn="369">no</s><sn="430">God</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s> to <sn="1875">inquire</s> of his <sn="1697">word</s>? <sn="3651">therefore</s> thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s> come <sn="3381">down</s><sn="4480">off</s> that <sn="4296">bed</s> on <sn="834 8033">which</s> thou art gone <sn="5927">up</s>, <sn="3588">but</s> shalt surely <sn="4191 4191">die</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>So he <sn="4191">died</s> according to the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="452">Elijah</s> had <sn="1696">spoken</s>. And <sn="3088">Jehoram</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s> in the <sn="8147">second</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="3088">Jehoram</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s><sn="4428">King</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>: <sn="3588">because</s> he <sn="1961">had</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="1121">son</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Now the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="1697">acts</s> of <sn="274">Ahaziah</s><sn="834">which</s> he <sn="6213">did</s> are <sn="1992">they</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="1697 3117">chronicles</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>? </v>