1:1 And Moab repelled against Israel after
the death of Achaab.
1:2 Ochozias fell through the lattice that was in his upper chamber in
Samaria and was sick; and he sent messengers, and said to them, Go and
enquire of Baal fly, the god of Accaron, whether I shall recover of this my
sickness. And they went to enquire of him.
1:3 And an Messenger of Yehovah called Eliu the Thesbite, saying, Arise, and go
to meet the messengers of Ochozias king of Samaria, and thou shalt say to
them, [Is it] because there is no Elohim in Israel, [that] ye go to enquire of
Baal fly, the Elohim of Accaron? but [it shall] not [be] so.
1:4 For thus saith Yehovah, The bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt
not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die. And Eliu went, and said
[so] to them.
1:5 And the messenger returned to him, and he said to them, Why have ye
returned?
1:6 And they said to him, A man came up to meet us, and said to us, Go,
return to the king that sent you, and say to him, Thus saith Yehovah, [Is
it] because there is no Elohim in Israel, [that] thou goest to enquire of Baal
fly, the Elohim of Accaron? [it shall] not [be] so: the bed on which thou art
gone up, thou shalt not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die.
1:7 So they returned and reported to the king as Eliu said: and he said to
them, What [was] the manner of the man who went up to mid you, and spoke to
you these words?
1:8 And they said to him, [He was] a hairy man, and girt with a leathern
girdle about his loins. And he said, This is Eliu the Thesbite.
1:9 And he sent to him a captain of fifty and his fifty; and he went up to
him: and, behold, Eliu sat on the top of a mountain. And the captain of
fifty spoke to him, and said, O man of Elohim, the king has called thee, come
down.
1:10 And Eliu answered and said to the captain of fifty, And if I [am] a man
of Elohim, fire shall come down out of heaven, and devour thee and thy fifty.
And fire came down out of heaven, and devoured him and his fifty.
1:11 And the king sent a second time to him another captain of fifty, and
his fifty. And the captain of fifty spoke to him, and said, O man of Elohim,
thus says the king, Come down quickly.
1:12 And Eliu answered and spoke to him, and said, If I [am] a man of Elohim,
fire shall come down out of heaven, and devour thee and thy fifty. And fire
came down out of heaven, and devoured him and his fifty.
1:13 And the king sent yet again a captain and his fifty. And the third
captain of fifty came, and knelt on his knees before Eliu, and entreated
him, and spoke to him and said, O man of Elohim, let my life, and the life of
these fifty thy servants, be precious in thine eyes.
1:14 Behold, fire came down from heaven, and devoured the two first captains
of fifty: and now, I pray, let my life be precious in thine eyes.
1:15 And the Messenger of Yehovah spoke to Eliu, and said Go down with him, be
not afraid of them. And Eliu rose up, and went down with him to the king.
1:16 And Eliu spoke to him, and said, Thus saith Yehovah, Why hast thou
sent messengers to enquire of Baal fly, the god of Accaron? [it shall] not
[be] so: the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from
it, for thou shalt surely die.
1:17 So he died according to the word of Yehovah which Eliu has spoken.
1:18 And the rest of the acts of Ochozias which he did, behold, [are] they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? and Joram
son of Achaab reigns over Israel in Samaria twelve years [beginning] in the
eighteenth year of Josaphat king of Judah: and he did that which was evil in
the sight of Yehovah, only not as his brethren, nor as his mother: and he
removed the pillars of Baal which his father made, and broke them in pieces:
only he was joined to the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who led Israel to
sin; he departed not from them. And Yehovah was very angry with the house
of Achaab. |
1:1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after
the death of Ahab.
1:2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in
Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go,
enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this
disease.
1:3 But the Messenger of Yehovah said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to
meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not
because there is not a Elohim in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the
god of Ekron?
1:4 Now therefore thus saith Yehovah, Thou shalt not come down from that
bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
1:5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are
ye now turned back?
1:6 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
Yehovah, Is it not because there is not a Elohim in Israel, that thou sendest
to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down
from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
1:7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet
you, and told you these words?
1:8 And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of
leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
1:9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he
went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto
him, Thou man of Elohim, the king hath said, Come down.
1:10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of
Elohim, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty.
And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
1:11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty.
And he answered and said unto him, O man of Elohim, thus hath the king said,
Come down quickly.
1:12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of Elohim, let fire
come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of Elohim
came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
1:13 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 besought him, and said unto him, O man of Elohim, I pray thee, let
my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
1:14 Behold, 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 thy sight.
1:15 And the Messenger of Yehovah said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not
afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.
1:16 And he said unto him, Thus saith Yehovah, Forasmuch as thou hast sent
messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god 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.
1:17 So he died according to the word of Yehovah 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.
1:18 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? |