“But Yahweh’sangel said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, ‘Is it because there is no Godin Israel that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?”
2 Kings 1:3 (WEB)
Context Reading
1Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. 2Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover of this sickness.” 3But Yahweh’sangel said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, ‘Is it because there is no Godin Israel that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? 4Now therefore Yahweh says, “You will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.”’” Then Elijah departed. 5The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, “Why is it that you have returned?”