1Moab transgressed against Israel after the death of Ahab.2Ahaziah fell through the latticework in his upper room which was in Samaria, and he became weak. He sent messengers and said to them, "Go, seek Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I will live from this sickness."3And the messenger of the LORD spoke to Elijah the Tishbite, "Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and speak to them, 'Is there no God in Israel that you are going to seek Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?'"4And therefore thus says the LORD: the bed on which you have gone up, you will not go down from it, for you will surely die. And Elijah went.5The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, "Why have you returned?"6And they said to him, "A man came up to meet us and said to us, 'Go, return to the king who sent you, and speak to him: Thus says the LORD, "Is there no God in Israel that you are sending to seek Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? Therefore the bed on which you have gone up, you will not go down from it, for you will surely die."'"7And he spoke to them, "What is the judgment of the man who came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?"8And they said to him, "A man, master of hair, and a girdle of skin girded on his loins." And he said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite."9And he sent to him a ruler of fifty and his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold, he was sitting on the head of the mountain. And he spoke to him, "Man of God, the king has spoken: Come down."10And Elijah answered and spoke to the ruler of the fifty, "And if I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and eat you and your fifty." And fire came down from heaven and ate him and his fifty.11And he returned and sent another ruler of fifty and his fifty. And he answered and spoke to him, "Man of God, thus says the king: Come down in haste."12And Elijah answered and spoke to them, "If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and eat you and your fifty." And fire came down from heaven and ate him and his fifty.13And he returned and sent a ruler of fifty and his fifty, a third. And the third ruler of the fifty went up and came, and he bowed on his knees before Elijah and entreated him and spoke to him, "Man of God, let my life please be precious in your eyes, and the life of these fifty servants of yours."14"Behold, fire has come down from heaven and eaten the two rulers of the fifty, the first ones, and their fifty. And now let my life be precious in your eyes."15The messenger of the LORD spoke to Elijah, "Go down with him; do not be afraid of him." So he arose and went down with him to the king.16And he spoke to him, "Thus says the LORD: Because you sent messengers to seek Baal-zebub the god of Ekron—as though there is no God in Israel to seek his word—therefore the bed on which you have gone up, you will not go down from it, for you will surely die."17And he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his place in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, because he had no son.18As for the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?