2 Kings 1
1:1And Moab annulled allegiance with Israel after the dying of Ahab.
1:2And Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper room, in Samaria, and was infirm. And he sent for messengers, and he said to them, Go and ask of Baal the fly god of Ekron if I shall live through this my infirmity! And they went to ask.
1:3And an angel of the lord spoke to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, Rise up, go to meet the messengers of Ahaziah king of Samaria! and say to them, Is it on account of the not being a God in Israel you go to ask of Baal the fly god of Ekron?
1:4On account of this thus says the lord, The bed upon which you ascended upon it, you shall not go from it, for to death you shall die. And Elijah went, and spoke to them.
1:5And the messengers returned to him. And he said to them, Why is it that you have returned?
1:6And they said to him, A man ascended to meet us, and he said to us, Go, return to the king, the one sending you, and say to him! Thus says the lord, Is it because there is no God in Israel you go to seek anxiously by Baal the fly god of Ekron? On account of this, the bed upon which you ascended upon it, you shall not go from it, for to death you shall die.
1:7And the king said to them, What was the distinguishing mark of the man ascending to meet you, and speaking to you these words?
1:8And they said to him, He was a hairy man, and a belt made of skin was girded upon his loin. And he said, This is Elijah the Tishbite.
1:9And he sent to him a commander of fifty, and his fifty. And he ascended to him. And he sat upon the top of the mountain. And the commander of fifty spoke to him, O man of God, the king calls you, come down!
1:10And Elijah answered and said to the commander of fifty, And if I am a man of God, fire shall come down from heaven and shall devour you and your fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and devoured him and his fifty.
1:11And the king proceeded, and he sent to him another commander of fifty, and his fifty. And the commander of fifty ascended and spoke to him, and said, O man of God, thus says the king, Quickly come down!
1:12And Elijah answered and said to him, If I am a man of God, fire shall come down from heaven, and shall devour you and your fifty. And there came down fire from heaven and devoured him and his fifty.
1:13And the king proceeded again to send a third commander of fifty and his fifty. And the third commander of fifty came, and he bent upon his knees in front of Elijah, and beseeched him, and spoke to him, and said, O man of God, value indeed my life, and the lives of your servants -- these fifty, in your eyes!
1:14Behold, there came down fire from the heaven, and devoured the first two commanders of fifties and their fifties. And now value indeed the life of your servants in your eyes!
1:15And the angel of the lord said to Elijah, Go down with him, you should not fear from their presence. And Elijah rose up and went down with them to the king.
1:16And he said to him, Thus says the lord, Because you sent messengers to ask to Baal the fly god of Ekron, as if there was not a God in Israel to ask the word of him, on account of this the bed upon which you ascended upon it, you shall not go down from it, for in death you shall die.
1:17And he died according to the saying of the lord which Elijah spoke. And Jehoram the brother of Ahaziah reigned instead of him, (for there was no son to him) in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah.
1:18And the rest of the words of Ahaziah, as many things as he did, behold are not these written in the scroll of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?