2 Kings 1:1-3

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Ahaziah’s Sickness and Death

1 After Ahab’s death, Moab^(A) rebelled against Israel.^{(B) 2} Ahaziah^(C) had fallen through the latticed window of his upstairs room in Samaria^(D) and was injured. So he sent messengers, instructing them, ‘Go and enquire of Baal-zebub,^[a](E) the god of Ekron,^(F) whether I will recover from this injury.’^(G)

³ But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite,^(H) ‘Go and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria^(I) and say to them, “Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to enquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?