1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab  2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that [was] in Samaria , and was sick : and he sent messengers , and said to them, Go , enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I will recover of this disease  3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite , Arise , go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria , and say to them, [Is it] not because [there is] not a God in Israel , [that] you go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron  4 Now therefore so says the LORD , you will not come down from that bed on which you are gone up , but will surely die . And Elijah departed  5 And when the messengers turned back to him, he said to them, Why are you now turned back  6 And they said to him, There came a man up to meet us, and said to us, Go , turn again to the king that sent you, and say to him, So says the LORD , [Is it] not because [there is] not a God in Israel , [that] you sends to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron ? therefore you will not come down from that bed on which you are gone up , but will surely die  7 And he said to them, What manner of man [was he] which came up to meet you, and told you these words  8 And they answered him, [He was] a hairy man  , and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins . And he said , It [is] Elijah the Tishbite  9 Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty . And he went up to him: and, see, he sat on the top of a hill . And he spoke to him, you man of God , the king has said , Come down  10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty , If I [be] a man of God , then let fire come down from heaven , and consume you and your fifty . And there came down fire from heaven , and consumed him and his fifty  11 Again also he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty . And he answered and said to him, O man of God , so has the king said , Come down quickly  12 And Elijah answered and said to them, If I [be] a man of God , let fire come down from heaven , and consume you and your fifty . And the fire of God came down from heaven , and consumed him and his fifty  13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty . And the third captain of fifty went up , and came and fell on his knees before Elijah , and asked him, and said to him, O man of God , I pray you, let my life , and the life of these fifty your servants , be precious in your sight  14 See, there came fire down from heaven , and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties : therefore let my life now be precious in your sight  15 And the angel of the LORD said to Elijah , Go down with him: be not afraid of him . And he arose , and went down with him to the king  16 And he said to him, So says the LORD , Since as you have sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron , [is it] not because [there is] no God in Israel to enquire of his word ? therefore you will not come down off that bed on which you are gone up , but will surely die  17 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken . And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah because he had no son  18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did , [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles  of the kings of Israel