In Context

2 Ahaziah 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.|

3 But the angel of Yahweh 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 God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?

4 Now therefore thus says Yahweh, |You shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.|'| Elijah departed.

5 The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, |Why is it that you have returned?|

6 They said to him, |A man came up to meet us, and said to us, 'Go, return to the king who sent you, and tell him, |Thus says Yahweh, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.'|'|

7 He said to them, |What kind of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?|

2 Kings 1:5 in Other Translations