¶ Then Moab¹ rebelled against Israel after the² death of Ahab.

And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice³ in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick⁴: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub⁵ the god of Ekron whether⁷ I shall recover of this disease.

But the angel⁸ of the LORD said to Elijah⁹ the Tishbite, Arise¹⁰, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it¹¹ not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go¹² to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?

Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt¹³ not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?

And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith¹⁴ the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore¹⁵ thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

And he said unto them, What manner of man was he¹⁶ which came up to meet you, and told you these words?

And they answered him, He was an hairy man¹⁷, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

¶ Then the king sent unto¹⁸ him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat¹⁹ on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man²⁰ of God, the king hath said, Come down.

¶ And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man²¹ of God, then let fire²² come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed²³ him and his fifty.

Again²⁴ also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man²⁵ of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.

²⁶And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

And he sent again²⁷ a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on²⁸ his knees before Elijah, and besought²⁹ him, and said unto him, O man of God³⁰, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

Behold,³¹ there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life³² now be precious in thy sight.

And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him³³. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.

And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch³⁴ as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub³⁵ the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram³⁷ reigned in his stead in the second³⁸ year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book³⁹ of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?