2 Kings 1:15-17

The Message

¹⁵ The angel of God told Elijah, “Go ahead; and don’t be afraid.” Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.

¹⁶ Elijah told him, “God’s word: Because you sent messengers to consult Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron, as if there were no God in Israel to whom you could pray, you’ll never get out of that bed alive—already you’re as good as dead.”

¹⁷ And he died, exactly as God’s word spoken by Elijah had said.

Because Ahaziah had no son, his brother Joram became the next king. The succession took place in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah.