2 Kings 1:5

Easy To Read Version

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

Cross References

2 Kings 1:4

{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}.

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!’”