2 Kings 1:16

Easy To Read Version

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!”

Cross References

1 Kings 22:28

Micaiah said loudly, “All you people listen to what I say! King Ahab, if you come home alive from that fight, then the Lord has not spoken through me.”

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 5:21

So Gehazi ran to Naaman.

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.’”

2 Kings 8:8

Then the King Ben Hadad said to Hazael, “Take a gift, and go to meet the man of God. [95] Ask him to ask the Lord if I will get well from my sickness.”

Psalm 132:3

David said,\par “I will not go into my house,\par I will not lie down on my bed,\par

Proverbs 11:19

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

Ezekiel 14:4

But I will give them an answer. \{I will punish them!\} You must tell those people these things. ‘The Lord my Master says: If any Israelite comes to a prophet and asks me for advice, then \{the prophet won’t give that person an answer\}. I myself will answer that person’s question. I will answer him even if he still has his filthy idols, even if he kept the things that made him sin, and even if he still worships those statues. I will speak to him in spite of all his filthy idols.