Elijah Denounces Ahaziah (1 Kings 22:51–53)
1 ULT And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. BSB BSB: After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.
2 ULT And Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber that{ was} in Samaria, and he injured{ himself}. And he sent messengers, and he said to them,“Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, if I will live from this injury.” BSB BSB: Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”
3 ULT But the angel of Yahweh said to Elijah the Tishbite,“Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them,‘{ Is it} because there is no God in Israel you are going to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? BSB BSB: But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’
4 ULT And therefore, thus says Yahweh,“The bed where you have gone up there, you will not come down from it, for dying, you will die.”’” So Elijah went. BSB BSB: Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” So Elijah departed.
5 ULT And the messengers returned to him. And he said to them,“What{ is} this, you have returned?” BSB BSB: When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”
6 ULT And they said to him,“A man came up to meet us, and he said to us,‘Go, return to the king who sent you, and you shall say to him,“Thus says Yahweh:‘{ Is it} because there is no God in Israel you are sending to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore the bed where you have gone up there, you will not come down from it, for dying, you will die.’”’” BSB BSB: They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”
7 ULT And he said to them,“What{ was} the custom of the man who came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?” BSB BSB: The king asked them, “What sort of man came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?”
8 ULT And they said to him,“A man, a master of hair, and a belt of skin was tied around his waist.” And he said,“He{ was} Elijah the Tishbite.” BSB BSB: “He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.
9 ULT And he sent to him a captain of fifty and his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold,{ he was} sitting on the head of a hill. And he said to him,“Man of God, the king says,‘Come down.’” BSB BSB: Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”
10 ULT And Elijah answered and said to the captain of the fifty,“And if I{ am} a man of God, let fire come down from the heavens, and let it consume you and your fifty.” And fire came down from the heavens, and it consumed him and his fifty. BSB BSB: Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.
11 ULT And he returned and sent to him another captain of fifty and his fifty. And he answered and said to him,“Man of God, thus says the king,‘Come down quickly!’” BSB BSB: So the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. And the captain said to Elijah, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down at once!’”
12 ULT And Elijah answered and said to them,“If I{ am} a man of God, let fire come down from the heavens, and let it consume you and your fifty.” And fire from God came down from the heavens, and it consumed him and his fifty. BSB BSB: Again Elijah replied, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.
13 ULT And he returned and sent a third captain of fifty and his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up and came and knelt on his knees in front of Elijah, and he pleaded with him and said to him,“Man of God, please let my life and the life of these your fifty servants be valuable in your eyes. BSB BSB: So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours please be precious in your sight.
14 ULT Behold, fire came down from the heavens, and it consumed the first two captains of fifty and their fifties. But now, let my life be valuable in your eyes.” BSB BSB: Behold, fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty, with all their men. But now may my life be precious in your sight.”
15 ULT And the angel of Yahweh said to Elijah,“Go down with him. Do not be afraid of his face.” And he arose and went down with him to the king. BSB BSB: Then the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Do not be afraid of him.” So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.
16 ULT And he said to him,“Thus says Yahweh,‘Because you sent messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron—{ was it} because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word?— therefore, the bed where you have gone up there, you will not come down from it, for dying, you will die.’” BSB BSB: And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.”
Jehoram Succeeds Ahaziah 17 ULT And he died, according to the word of Yahweh that Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his place in the year of two to Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, because a son was not to him. BSB BSB: So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah.
18 ULT Now the rest of the matters of Ahaziah that he did, are they not written in the book of the matters of the days of the kings of Israel? BSB BSB: As for the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
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