2 Kings 1
2 And Ochozias fell through the
lattice that was in his upper chamber in Samaria, and was sick; and he sent
messengers, and said to them, Go and enquire of Baal fly, the god of Accaron,
whether I shall recover of this my sickness. And they went to enquire of him.
3 And an angel of the Lord called Eliu
the Thesbite, saying, Arise, and go to meet the messengers of Ochozias king of
Samaria, and thou shalt say to them, Is it because
there is no God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of
Baal fly, the god of Accaron? but it shall not
be so. 4 For
thus saith the Lord, The bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come
down from it, for thou shalt surely die. And Eliu went, and said
so to them.
5 And the messengers returned to him,
and he said to them, Why have ye returned?
6 And they said to him, A man came up
to meet us, and said to us, Go, return to the king that sent you, and say to
him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it because there is no
God in Israel, that thou goest to enquire of Baal
fly, the god of Accaron? it shall not
be so: the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt
not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die.
7 So they returned and reported to the
king as Eliu said: and he said to them, What was the
manner of the man who went up to meet you, and spoke to you these words?
8 And they said to him,
He was a hairy man, and girt with a leathern girdle
about his loins. And he said, This is Eliu the Thesbite.
9 And he sent to him a captain of
fifty and his fifty; and he went up to him: and, behold, Eliu sat on the top
of a mountain. And the captain of fifty spoke to him, and said, O man of God,
the king has called thee, come down.
10 And Eliu answered and said to the
captain of fifty, And if I am a man of God, fire
shall come down out of heaven, and devour thee and thy fifty. And fire came
down out of heaven, and devoured him and his fifty.
11 And the king
bGr. added and sent.sent a second time to him another captain of fifty, and his fifty. And the
captain of fifty spoke to him, and said, O man of God, thus says the king,
Come down quickly. 12 And Eliu
answered and spoke to him, and said, If I am a man of
God, fire shall come down out of heaven, and devour thee and thy fifty. And
fire came down out of heaven, and devoured him and his fifty.
13 And the king
cGr. added yet to send.sent yet again a captain and his fifty. And the third captain of fifty came,
and knelt on his knees before Eliu, and entreated him, and spoke to him and
said, O man of God, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be
precious in thine eyes. 14 Behold,
fire came down from heaven, and devoured the two first captains of fifty: and
now, I pray, let my life be precious in thine eyes.
15 And the angel of the Lord spoke to
Eliu, and said, Go down with him, be not afraid of them. And Eliu rose up, and
went down with him to the king.
16 And Eliu spoke to him, and said,
Thus saith the Lord, Why hast thou sent messengers to enquire of Baal fly, the
god of Accaron? it shall not
be so: the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt
not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die.
17 So he died according to the word
of the Lord which Eliu had spoken.
18 And the rest of the
dGr. words.acts of Ochozias which he did, behold, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
18a And Joram son of Achaab reigns
over Israel in Samaria twelve years beginning in the
eighteenth year of Josaphat king of Juda:
18b and he did that which was evil in
the sight of the Lord, only not as his brethren, nor as his mother:
18c and he removed the pillars of
Baal which his father made, and broke them in pieces: only he was joined to
the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who led Israel to sin; he departed not from
them. 18d And the Lord was very angry
with the house of Achaab.