14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
15 And the angel of the Lord said unto Eli´jah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.
16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Ba-al´–zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
17 So he died according to the word of the Lord which Eli´jah had spoken. And Jeho´ram reigned in his stead, in the second year of Jeho´ram the son of Jehosh´aphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahazi´ah which he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?