2 Kings 1:5

New Century Version

When the messengers returned to Ahaziah, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”

Cross References

2 Kings 1:4

This is what the Lord says: ‘You will never get up from the bed you are lying on; you will die.’ ” Then Elijah left.

2 Kings 1:6

They said, “A man came to meet us. He said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him what the Lord says: “Why do you send messengers to ask questions of Baal-Zebub, god of Ekron? Is it because you think there is no God in Israel? You will never get up from the bed you are lying on; you will die.” ’ ”