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

²⁵ It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher and a slave like his master. If they called the head of the house “Beelzebul,” how much more the members of his household!^(A)