Book 11 : NEVIIM - II KINGS - Chapter 001
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AND MOAB rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab
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And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper
chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick; and he sent messengers, and said unto
them: 'Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of
this sickness.
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But an angel of HaShem said to Elijah the Tishbite: 'Arise,
go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them: Is it
because there is no G-d in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god
of Ekron
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Now therefore thus saith HaShem: Thou shalt not come down
from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.' And Elijah
departed
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And the messengers returned unto him, and he said unto
them: 'Why is it that ye are returned?
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And they said unto him: 'There came up a man to meet us,
and said unto us: Go, return unto the king that sent you, and say unto him: Thus
saith HaShem: Is it because there is no G-d in Israel, that thou sendest to
inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from
the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
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And he said unto them: 'What manner of man was he that came
up to meet you, and told you these words?
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And they answered him: 'He was a hairy man, and girt with a
girdle of leather about his loins.' And he said: 'It is Elijah the Tishbite.
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Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his
fifty. And he went up to him; and, behold, he sat on the top of the hill. And he
spoke unto him: `O man of G-d, the king hath said: Come down.
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And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty: 'If
I be a man of G-d, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy
fifty.' And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty
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And again he sent unto him another captain of fifty with
his fifty. And he answered and said unto him: 'O man of G-d, thus hath the king
said: Come down quickly.
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And Elijah answered and said unto them: 'If I be a man of
G-d, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty.' And the
fire of G-d came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty
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And again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his
fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees
before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him: 'O man of G-d, I pray thee,
let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight
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Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and consumed the
two former captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my life be precious
in thy sight
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And the angel of HaShem said unto Elijah: 'Go down with
him; be not afraid of him.' And he arose, and went down with him unto the king
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And he said unto him: 'Thus saith HaShem: Forasmuch as
thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it
because there is no G-d in Israel to inquire of His word? therefore thou shalt
not come down from the bed whether thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
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So he died according to the word of HaShem which Elijah
had spoken. And Jehoram began to reign in his stead in the second year of
Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son
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Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel
Book 11 : NEVIIM - II KINGS - Chapter 001
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