¹Now Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. ²And Ahaziah fell through the window in his upper room in Samaria and was wounded, and he sent messengers and said to them, “Go and inquire of Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron whether I will survive this injury.” ³Then the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise and go up to meet the king of Samaria's messengers, and say to them, ‘Is it for want of God in Israel that you are going to consult with Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron? ⁴So this is what the Lord says: «You shall not come down from the bed onto which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.» ’ ” And Elijah departed. ⁵Then when the messengers returned to Ahaziah, he said to them, “What have you returned for?” ⁶And 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 say to him, «This is what the Lord says: ‹Is it for want of God in Israel that you are sending messengers to inquire of Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron? That is why you shall not come down from the bed which you went up into, but you shall surely die.› » ’ ” ⁷Then he said to them, “What were the characteristics of the man who came up to meet you and told you these things?” ⁸And they said to him, “A hairy man, girded with a leather belt round his waist.” And he said, “He is Elijah the Tishbite.” ⁹Then he sent a commander of fifty to him, with his fifty men, and he went up to Elijah, and there he was sitting on the top of the mountain. And he said to him, “You man of God, the king says, ‘Come down.’ ” ¹⁰To this Elijah answered and said to the commander of fifty, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty. ¹¹Then Ahaziah sent to him again – another commander of fifty and his fifty men – and he addressed Elijah and said to him, “You man of God, this is what the king says: ‘Come down quickly.’ ” ¹²To this Elijah answered and said to them, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.” And fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty. ¹³Then he sent again – a commander of a third fifty with his fifty men – and the third commander of fifty went up and arrived there, and he knelt down opposite Elijah and appealed to him and said to him, “O man of God, please let my life and the life of these fifty servants of yours be considered valuable in your sight. ¹⁴Look, fire came down from heaven and consumed the first two commanders of fifty and their fifty men each, so now, let my life be considered valuable in your sight.” ¹⁵Then the angel of the Lord said to Elijah, “Go down with him; do not be afraid of him.” So he arose and went down with him to the king. ¹⁶And he said to the king, “This is what the Lord says: ‘It is because you sent messengers to consult Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron, as if for want of God in Israel, to consult his word, that you will not come down from your bed onto which you have gone up, but you will surely die.’ ” ¹⁷And he did die, according to the word of the Lord which Elijah spoke, and Jehoram reigned in his place, in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, because Ahaziah did not have a son. ¹⁸And the rest of the exploits of Ahaziah which he undertook, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?