2 Kings 1:1-3

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1 After King Ahab’s death the nation of Moab declared its independence and refused to pay tribute to Israel any longer.

² Israel’s new king, Ahaziah, had fallen off the upstairs porch of his palace at Samaria and was seriously injured. He sent messengers to the temple of the god Baal-zebub at Ekron to ask whether he would recover.

³ But the Angel of the Lord told Elijah the prophet,^[a] “Go and meet the messengers and ask them, ‘Is it true that there is no God in Israel? Is that why you are going to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether the king will get well?