2 Kings 1:17

Elijah Confronts Ahaziah

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2 Kings 1:17

So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

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2 Kings 1:16

And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

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2 Kings 1:18

Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?