2 Kings 1 (NET)

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2 Kings 1:1¹After Ahab died, Moab rebelled against Israel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 8:2 1 Chr 18:2 2 Kgs 3:4-5 2 Kgs 8:20 2 Kgs 8:22 Num 24:7 Ps 60:8

2 Kings 1:2²Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders, “Go, ask Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 1:16 2 Kgs 8:7-10 Mark 3:22 Matt 10:25 Isa 37:19 1 Kgs 11:33 2 Kgs 1:3 2 Kgs 1:6 Isa 37:12 Luke 11:15

2 Kings 1:3³But the angel of the Lord told Elijah the Tishbite, “Get up; go to meet the messengers from the king of Samaria. Say this to them: ‘You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are on your way to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub the god of Ekron.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 17:1 Jonah 2:8 Acts 12:7-11 Jer 2:11-13 Ps 76:1 Acts 8:26 Mark 3:22 1 Kgs 18:1 1 Kgs 18:36 1 Kgs 19:5

2 Kings 1:4⁴Therefore this is what the Lord has said, “You will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die!”’” So Elijah went on his way.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 18:4 Gen 2:17 Gen 3:4 1 Sam 28:19 2 Kgs 1:16 Prov 11:19 1 Kgs 14:12 2 Kgs 1:6 Num 26:65 Prov 14:32

2 Kings 1:5⁵When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

2 Kings 1:6⁶They replied, “A man came up to meet us. He told us, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are sending for an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die.’”’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 16:4 1 Chr 10:13-14 2 Kgs 1:2-4 Isa 41:22-23

2 Kings 1:7⁷The king asked them, “Describe the appearance of this man who came up to meet you and told you these things.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 28:14 Judg 8:18

2 Kings 1:8⁸They replied, “He was a hairy man and had a leather belt tied around his waist.” The king said, “He is Elijah the Tishbite.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 3:4 Zech 13:4 Mark 1:6 Isa 20:2 Luke 1:17 Matt 11:8 Rev 11:3

2 Kings 1:9⁹The king sent a captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. The captain went up to him while he was sitting on the top of a hill. He told him, “Prophet, the king says, ‘Come down!’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 6:13-14 Heb 11:36 Luke 6:11-12 1 Kgs 18:10 1 Kgs 18:4 1 Kgs 18:42 1 Kgs 19:2 1 Kgs 22:26-27 1 Kgs 22:8 Amos 7:12

2 Kings 1:10¹⁰Elijah replied to the captain, “If I am indeed a prophet, may fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty soldiers!” Fire then came down from the sky and consumed him and his fifty soldiers.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 9:54 Dan 3:25 1 Kgs 18:36-38 Dan 3:22 Heb 12:29 Ps 106:18 Job 1:16 Num 16:28-30 Rev 11:5 1 Kgs 22:28

2 Kings 1:11¹¹The king sent another captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. He went up and told him, “Prophet, this is what the king says, ‘Come down at once!’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 22:17-19 1 Sam 6:9 Acts 4:16-17 Isa 26:11 Isa 32:7 Jer 5:3 John 18:5-12 Luke 22:63-64 Matt 2:16 Num 16:41

2 Kings 1:12¹²Elijah replied to them, “If I am indeed a prophet, may fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty soldiers!” Fire from God came down from the sky and consumed him and his fifty soldiers.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 1:9-10

2 Kings 1:13¹³The king sent a third captain and his fifty soldiers. This third captain went up and fell on his knees before Elijah. He begged for mercy, “Prophet, please have respect for my life and for the lives of these fifty servants of yours.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 1:5 1 Kgs 13:6 1 Sam 26:21 Eccl 9:3 Exod 11:8 Isa 60:14 Isa 66:2 Jas 4:7 Job 15:25-26 Num 12:11-13

2 Kings 1:14¹⁴Indeed, fire came down from the sky and consumed the two captains who came before me, along with their men. So now, please have respect for my life.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 20:24 1 Sam 26:21 1 Sam 26:24 2 Kgs 1:10-11 Matt 16:25-26 Prov 6:26 Ps 116:15 Ps 49:8 Ps 72:14

2 Kings 1:15¹⁵The angel of the Lord said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Don’t be afraid of him.” So he got up and went down with him to the king.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 51:12 Ezek 2:6 Jer 1:17 1 Kgs 18:15 2 Kgs 1:3 Gen 15:1 Jer 15:20 Matt 10:28 Ps 27:1 Heb 11:27

2 Kings 1:16¹⁶Elijah said to the king, “This is what the Lord has said, ‘You sent messengers to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. Is it because there is no God in Israel from whom you can seek a message? Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 1:2-4 1 Kgs 14:6-13 1 Kgs 21:18-24 1 Kgs 22:28 2 Kgs 5:21 Exod 4:22-23 Ps 132:3 2 Kgs 1:6

2 Kings 1:17¹⁷And he did die in keeping with the Lord’ s message that he had spoken through Elijah. In the second year of the reign of King Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah, Ahaziah’s brother Jehoram replaced him as king of Israel, because he had no son.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 3:1 1 Kgs 22:51 2 Kgs 8:16-17

2 Kings 1:18¹⁸The rest of the events of Ahaziah’s reign, including his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:19 1 Kgs 22:39