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2 Kings 1:5-7
The Message
2 Kings 1:5-7
The Message
5 The messengers went back. The king said, “So why are you back so soon—what’s going on?”
6 They told him, “A man met us and said, ‘Turn around and go back to the king who sent you; tell him, God’s message: Is it because there’s no God in Israel that you’re running off to consult Baal-Zebub god of Ekron? You needn’t bother. You’re not going to get out of that bed you’re in—you’re as good as dead already.’”
7 The king said, “Tell me more about this man who met you and said these things to you. What was he like?”
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