1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that wasin Samaria, and was
sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron
whether I shall recover of this disease.
3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of
the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is itnot because there isnot a God in Israel, thatye go
to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?
4 Now 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.
5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned
back?
6 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 itnot because there isnot a
God in Israel, thatthou 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.
7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was hewhich came up to meet you, and told you
these words?
8 And they answered him, He wasan hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins.
And he said, It isElijah the Tishbite.
9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and,
behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said,
Come down.
10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I bea man of God, then let fire come
down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and
consumed him and his fifty.
11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and
said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.
12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I bea man of God, let fire come down from
heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and
consumed him and his fifty.
13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty
went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O
man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy
sight.
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 Elijah, 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
enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is itnot because there isno God in Israel to enquire 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 Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned
in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had
no son.
18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, arethey not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel?
1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that
Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And
Elisha said unto him, Asthe LORD liveth, and asthy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they
went down to Bethel.
3 And the sons of the prophets that wereat Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him,
Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I
know it; hold ye your peace.
4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho.
And he said, Asthe LORD liveth, and asthy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to
Jericho.
5 And the sons of the prophets that wereat Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest
thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I
know it; hold ye your peace.
6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he
said, Asthe LORD liveth, and asthy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.
7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two
stood by Jordan.
8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped ittogether, and smote the waters, and they were
divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall
do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion
of thy spirit be upon me.
10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I amtaken from
thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.
11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeareda chariot
of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into
heaven.
12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen
thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two
pieces.
13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank
of Jordan;
14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where
isthe LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and
thither: and Elisha went over.
15 And when the sons of the prophets which wereto view at Jericho saw him, they said, The
spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the
ground before him.
16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them
go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him
up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men;
and they sought three days, but found him not.
18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not
say unto you, Go not?
19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is
pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water isnaught, and the ground barren.
20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought itto him.
21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus
saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or

barren land.
22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.
23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came
forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go
up, thou bald head.
24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there
came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of
Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for
he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.
3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin;
he departed not therefrom.
4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred
thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of
Israel.
6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.
7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled
against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I amas thou
art, my people as thy people, andmy horses as thy horses.
8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of
Edom.
9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a
compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that
followed them.
10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to
deliver them into the hand of Moab!
11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is therenot here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the
LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here isElisha the son
of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and
Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets
of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for
the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
14 And Elisha said, Asthe LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I
regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see
thee.
15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand
of the LORD came upon him.
16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley
shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
18 And this is buta light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into
your hand.
19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree,
and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.