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They said to him, "A mancame up to meet us and said to us, 'Go, return to the kingwhosent you and say to him, "Thussays the LORD, 'Is it because*there is noGod in Israel that you are sending1to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore[a]you shall not comedown from the bedwhere* you have gone up, but shall surelydie.' ""'
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"Now therefore thus says the LORD , 'You shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you shall surely die.' " Then Elijah departed.
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When the messengers returned to him he said to them, "Why have you returned?"
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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, "Thus says the LORD , 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.' ""'
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He said to them, "What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?"
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They answered him, "He was a hairy man with a leather girdle bound about his loins." And he said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite."