2 Kings 1:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ {Tell King Ahaziah these things: You sent messengers to ask questions from Baal Zebub.} Since you did this thing, the Lord says: You will not get up from your bed. You will die!’” Then Elijah left {and told these words to Ahaziah’s servants}.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Therefore the Lord says: You [Ahaziah] shall not leave the bed on which you lie, but shall surely die. And Elijah departed.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Now therefore thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

Common English Bible

⁴ This is what the LORD says: You will never get out of the bed you are lying in; you will die for sure!’” So Elijah set off.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ For this reason, thus says the Lord: From the bed to which you have ascended, you shall not descend. Instead, dying you shall die.' " And Elijah went away.

2 Kings 1:4 Cross References

Genesis 2:17

But you must not eat from the tree that gives knowledge about good and evil. If you eat fruit from that tree you will die!”

Genesis 3:4

But the snake said to the woman, “You will not die.

1 Kings 14:12

Then the prophet Ahijah continued talking to Jeroboam’s wife. He said, “Now go home. As soon as you enter your city, your son will die.

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to meet Ahab.

2 Kings 1:16

Elijah told Ahaziah, “There is a God in Israel. So why did you send messengers to ask questions from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. Since you did this thing, you will not get up from your bed. You will die!”

2 Kings 1:5

The messengers came back to Ahaziah. Ahaziah said to the messengers, “Why did you come back {so soon}?”

2 Kings 1:6

The messengers said to Ahaziah, “A man came up to meet us. He told us to go back to the king who sent us, and tell him what the Lord says. The Lord says, ‘There is a God in Israel! So why did you send messengers to ask questions from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Since you did this thing, you will not get up from your bed. You will die!’”

2 Kings 20:1

At that time, Hezekiah became sick and almost died. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to Hezekiah. Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “The Lord says, ‘Put your house in order, because you will die. You will not live!’”

2 Kings 8:10

Then Elisha said to Hazael, “Go and tell Ben Hadad, ‘You will live.’ [97] But really the Lord told me, ‘He will die.’”

Proverbs 11:19

Truly, goodness brings life. But evil people chase after evil and find death.

Proverbs 14:32

During times of trouble, evil people are defeated. But good people win a victory even during death.

Ezekiel 18:4

I will treat each person just the same. It won’t matter if that person is the parent or the child. The person that sins is the person that will die!

Numbers 26:65

Why? Because the Lord told those people of Israel that they would all die in the desert. The only two men who were left alive were Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

1 Samuel 28:19

The Lord will let the Philistines defeat you and the army of Israel today. And tomorrow, you and your sons will be here with me!”