14. See how the fire from heaven came down and destroyed the first two groups. But now please spare my life!”
15. Then the angel of the lord said to Elijah, “Go down with him, and don’t be afraid of him.” So Elijah got up and went with him to the king.
16. And Elijah said to the king, “This is what the lord says: Why did you send messengers to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will recover? Is there no God in Israel to answer your question? Therefore, because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.”
17. So Ahaziah died, just as the lord had promised through Elijah. Since Ahaziah did not have a son to succeed him, his brother Joram became the next king. This took place in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah.
18. The rest of the events in Ahaziah’s reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.