1	Then Moab rebelled# against Israel after the death of Ahab.
			2	And Ahaziah fell down# through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick# : and he sent# messengers, and said# unto them, Go# , enquire# of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover# of this disease.
			3	But the angel of the LORD said# to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise# , go up# to meet# the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say# unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go# to enquire# of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?
			4	Now therefore thus saith# the LORD, Thou shalt not come down# from that bed on which thou art gone up# , but shalt surely# die# . And Elijah departed# . [Thou shalt...: Heb. The bed whither thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it]
			5	And when the messengers turned back# unto him, he said# unto them, Why are ye now turned back# ?
			6	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 saith# the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest# to enquire# of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down# from that bed on which thou art gone up# , but shalt surely# die# .
			7	And he said# unto them, What manner of man was he which came up# to meet# you, and told# you these words? [What...: Heb. What was the manner of the man]
			8	And they answered# him, He was an hairy man# , and girt# with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said# , It is Elijah the Tishbite.
			9	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 an hill. And he spake# unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said# , Come down# .
			10	And Elijah answered# and said# to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then 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.
			11	Again# also he sent# unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered# and said# unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said# , Come down# quickly.
			12	And 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.
			13	And he sent# again# a captain of the 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 God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious# in thy sight. [fell: Heb. bowed]
			14	Behold, there came# fire down# from heaven, and burnt up# the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious# in thy sight.
			15	And the angel of the LORD said# unto Elijah, Go down# with him: be not afraid# of him. And he arose# , and went down# with him unto the king.
			16	And he said# unto him, Thus saith# the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent# messengers to enquire# of Baalzebub 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# .
			17	So he died# according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken# . And Jehoram reigned# in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
			18	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?