⁶ They said to him, “A man came up to meet us and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you and say to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending messengers ^(A)to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore ^[a]you will not get down from the bed upon which you have lain, but you shall certainly die.’”’”

¹⁶ Then he said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Since you have sent messengers ^(A)to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron—is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His word? Therefore ^[a]you will not get down from the bed upon which you have lain, but you shall certainly die.’”