2 Kings 1 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And Mo’aḇ

² And Aḥ

³ But a messenger of יהוה  spoke to Ě

⁴ “So therefore, thus said יהוה, ‘You are not going to get out of the bed to which you have gone up, for you shall certainly die.’ ” And Ě

⁵ And the messengers returned to him, and he said to them, “Why have you come back?”

⁶ And they said to him, “A man came up to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go, return to the sovereign who sent you, and say to him, “Thus said יהוה, ‘Is it because there is no Elohim in Yisra’ĕ

⁷ And he said to them, “What was the man like who came up to meet you and spoke to you these words?”

⁸ And they answered him, “He was a hairy man, and wore a leather girdle around his waist.” And he said, “It is Ě

⁹ He then sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men. And he went up to him, and see, he was sitting on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him, “Man of Elohim, the sovereign has said, ‘Come down!’ ”

¹⁰ And Ě

¹¹ He then sent another captain of fifty with his fifty men to him. And he answered and said to him, “Man of Elohim, this is what the sovereign said, ‘Come down at once!’ ”

¹² And Ě

¹³ And again he sent a third captain of fifty with his fifty men. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Ě

¹⁴ “See, fire has come down from the heavens and burned up the first two captains of fifties with their fifties. But let my life be precious in your eyes.”

¹⁵ And the Messenger of יהוה  said to Ě

¹⁶ and spoke to him, “Thus said יהוה, ‘Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baʽ

¹⁷ And he died, according to the word of יהוה  which Ě

¹⁸ And the rest of the acts of Aḥ