^4-5 Because King Ahaziah has done this, the Lord says that he will never leave the bed he is lying on; he will surely die.’”

When Elijah told the messengers this, they returned immediately to the king.

“Why have you returned so soon?” he asked them.

⁶ “A man came up to us,” they said, “and told us to go back to the king and tell him, ‘The Lord wants to know why you are asking questions of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron. Is it because there is no God in Israel? Now, since you have done this, you will not leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.’”

⁷ “Who was this fellow?” the king demanded. “What did he look like?”