2 Kings 1:6

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, "Thus says the LORD, 'Is it because * there is no God in Israel that you are sending ¹to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore ^[a]you shall not come down from the bed where * you have gone up, but shall surely die.' ""'

2 Kings 1:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 1:6

And they said unto him, there came a man up to meet us, and
said unto us, go, turn again unto the king that sent you
King Ahaziah: and say unto him;
and then they repeated all that is said by the angel to Elijah, and he had delivered to them, ( 2 Kings 1:3 2 Kings 1:4 ) and which was a sufficient reason for their turning back, since they got a full answer from a man of God, of what they were to inquire of at Ekron; which was, whether the king would recover of this disease or not.

2 Kings 1:6 In-Context

4 "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.

5 When the messengers returned to him he said to them, "Why have you returned?"

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, "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.' ""'

7 He said to them, "What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?"

8 They answered him, "He was a hairy man with a leather girdle bound about his loins." And he said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite."

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 1:2

Footnotes

• [a] V 4, note 1