2 Kings 1:16-18
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16 and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron—is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word?—therefore you shall not leave the bed to which you have gone, but you shall surely die.”(A)
Death of Ahaziah
17 So he died according to the word of the Lord that Elijah had spoken. His brother[a] Jehoram succeeded him as king in the second year of King Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat of Judah, because Ahaziah had no son.(B) 18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel?
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- 1.17 Gk Syr: Heb lacks His brother
2 Kings 1:16-18
Holman Christian Standard Bible
16 Then Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron—is it because there is no God in Israel for you to inquire of His will?—you will not get up from your sickbed; you will certainly die.’”
17 Ahaziah died according to the word of the Lord that Elijah had spoken. Since he had no son, Joram[a](A) became king in his place. This happened in the second year of Judah’s King Jehoram(B) son of Jehoshaphat.[b] 18 The rest of the events of Ahaziah’s reign, along with his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.[c](C)
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- 2 Kings 1:17 Lit Jehoram; 2Kg 8:16
- 2 Kings 1:17 LXX omits in the second year . . . Jehoshaphat
- 2 Kings 1:18 LXX adds 4 more vv. here similar to 2Kg 3:1-3.
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