2 Kings 1:16

New American Bible - revised edition

He declared to the king: “Thus says the Lord: Because you sent messengers to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron—do you think there is no God in Israel to inquire of?—you shall not leave the bed upon which you lie; instead you shall die.”

Cross References

1 Kings 22:28

But Micaiah said, “If you return in safety, the Lord has not spoken through me.” (He also said, “Hear, O peoples, all of you.”) Ahab at Ramoth-gilead.

2 Kings 1:6

They answered, “A man met us and said to us, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him: The Lord says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron? For this you shall not leave the bed upon which you lie; instead, you shall die.’”

2 Kings 20:1

In those days, when Hezekiah was mortally ill, the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, came and said to him: “Thus says the Lord: Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you shall not recover.”

2 Kings 5:21

So Gehazi hurried after Naaman. Seeing that someone was running after him, Naaman alighted from his chariot to wait for him. He asked, “Is everything all right?”

2 Kings 8:10

Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But the Lord has showed me that he will surely die.”

2 Kings 8:8

the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift with you and go call on the man of God. Consult the Lord through him, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

Psalm 132:3

“I will not enter the house where I live, nor lie on the couch where I sleep;

Proverbs 11:19

Justice leads toward life, but pursuit of evil, toward death.

Ezekiel 14:4

Therefore say to them: Thus says the Lord God: If any of the house of Israel who keep the memory of their idols in their hearts, setting the stumbling block of their sin before them, come to a prophet, I the Lord will answer in person because of their many idols,