2 Kings 1:16
He said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore you will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.’”This verse in the real world
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- בַּעַל זְבוּבBaʻal ZᵉbûwbBaal-Zebub, a special deity of the Ekronites
- עֶקְרוֹןʻEqrôwnEkron, a place in Palestine
- מִטָּהmiṭṭâha bed (as extended) forsleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier
- דָּרַשׁdârashproperly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication,
- מֲלְאָךְmălʼâka messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
- יָרַדyâradto descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore,
- מוּתmûwthto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- שָׁלַחshâlachto send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
2Ki 1:2–4, 1Ki 14:6–13, 2Ki 5:21, Psa 132:3, 1Ki 21:18–24, 1Ki 22:28, Exo 4:22–23, 2Ki 1:6