2 Kings 1:16-18

Living Bible

¹⁶ “Why did you send messengers to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask about your sickness?” Elijah demanded. “Is it because there is no God in Israel to ask? Because you have done this, you shall not leave this bed; you will surely die.”

¹⁷ So Ahaziah died as the Lord had predicted through Elijah, and his brother Joram^[a] became the new king—for Ahaziah did not have a son to succeed him. This occurred in the second year of the reign of King Jehoram (son of Jehoshaphat) of Judah. ¹⁸ The rest of the history of Ahaziah’s reign is recorded in The Annals of the Kings of Israel.