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And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sentmessengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surelydie.
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So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoramreigned in his stead in the secondyear of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphatking of Judah; because he had no son.