1. Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
2. Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, “Go, enquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover of this sickness.”
3. But the Lord’s angel said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you go to enquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?
4. Now therefore the Lord says, “You will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.”’” Then Elijah departed.
5. The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, “Why is it that you have returned?”