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14 Behold, fire came down from heaven and consumed the two former captains of fifty men with their fifties, but now let my life be precious in your sight.” 15 Then the angel of the Lord said to Elijah, “Go down with him; do not be afraid of him.” So he arose and went down with him to the king 16 and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because you have sent messengers to enquire of (A)Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron—is it because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word?—therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’”

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