2 Kings 1:6

They said to him, “A man came up to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you, and tell him, “Yahweh says, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.’”’”

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WEBBE

They said to him, “A man came up to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you, and tell him, “The LORD says, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to enquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.’”’”

BSB

They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”

KJV

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, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

ASV

And they said unto him, There came up a man to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

BBE

And they said to him, On our way we had a meeting with a man who said, Go back to the king who sent you and say to him, The Lord says, Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to put a question to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? For this reason, you will not come down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you.

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וַיֹּאמְרוּ vai·yo·me·ru and they said H559 אֵלָיו 'e·lav to him H413 אִישׁ 'ish a man H376 עָלָה 'a·lah he came up H5927 לִקְרָאתֵנוּ lik·ra·te·nu to meet us H7122 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 אֵלֵינוּ 'e·lei·nu to us H413 לְכוּ le·khu go H1980 שׁוּבוּ shu·vu return H7725 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 הַמֶּלֶךְ ha·me·lekh the king H4428 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- who H834 שָׁלַח sha·lach he sent H7971 אֶתְכֶם 'et·khem (marks the object) you H853 וְדִבַּרְתֶּם ve·di·bar·tem and you will speak H1696 אֵלָיו 'e·lav to him H413 כֹּה koh thus H3541 אָמַר 'a·mar he says H559 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 הַמִבְּלִי ha·mi·be·li ¿ because not H1097 אֵין־ 'ein- there not H369 אֱלֹהִים 'e·lo·him [is] a God H430 בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל be·yis·ra·'el in Israel H3478 אַתָּה 'a·tah [are] you H859 שֹׁלֵחַ sho·le·ach sending H7971 לִדְרֹשׁ lid·rosh to consult H1875 בְּבַעַל be·va·'al (in) Baal H1176 זְבוּב ze·vuv Zebub H1176 אֱלֹהֵי 'e·lo·hei [the] god H430 עֶקְרוֹן ek·ron Ekron H6138 לָכֵן la·khen (to) therefore H3651 הַמִּטָּה ha·mi·tah the bed H4296 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- where H834 עָלִיתָ 'a·li·ta you have gone up H5927 שָּׁם sham there H8033 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 תֵרֵד te·red you will come down H3381 מִמֶּנָּה mi·me·nah from it H4480 כִּי־ ki- for H3588 מוֹת mot certainly (to die) H4191 תָּמוּת ta·mut you will die H4191

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–8

When Ahaziah rebelled against the Lord, Moab revolted from him. Sin weakens and impoverishes us. Man's revolt from God is often punished by the rebellion of those who owe subjection to him. Ahaziah fell through a lattice, or railing. Wherever we go, there is but a step between us and death. A man's house is his castle, but not to secure him against God's judgments. The whole creation, which groans under the burden of man's sin, will, at length, sink and break under the weight like this lattice. He is never safe that has God for his enemy. Those that will not inquire of the word of God for their comfort, shall hear it to their terror, whether they will or no.

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