2 Kings 1:16Word of YahwehAnd he said unto him, Thus saith Yahweh, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the elohim of Ekron, is it not because there is no Elohim in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. See the chapter |
And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith Yahweh, Is it not because there is not an Elohim in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the elohim of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Sovereign Yahweh; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I Yahweh will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;