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2 Kings 1:6 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 1 · verse 6 · King James Version
And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.2 Kings 1:6 · King James Version
2 Kings 1:6 in context
4Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
5And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
6And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
7And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
8And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
Key words (Strong's)
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- cameʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively or activelyH5927 →
- meetqirʼâhan encountering, accidental, friendly or hostileH7125 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
- sentshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
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