Chapter 1
Elijah Denounces Ahaziah
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After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.
𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉 𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤀𐤇𐤀𐤁 𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤐𐤔𐤏 𐤁𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋
אַחֲרֵ֖י מ֥וֹת אַחְאָֽב׃ מוֹאָב֙ וַיִּפְשַׁ֤ע בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל ’a·ḥă·rê mō·wṯ ’aḥ·’āḇ mō·w·’āḇ way·yip̄·ša‘ bə·yiś·rā·’êl — WLC · 1
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Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them:… “Go inquire vvv of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”
𐤀𐤇𐤆𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤐𐤋 𐤁𐤏𐤃 𐤄𐤔𐤁𐤊𐤄 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤕𐤅 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤇𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤌 𐤋𐤊𐤅 𐤃𐤓𐤔𐤅 𐤁𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤆𐤁𐤅𐤁 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤏𐤒𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤀𐤌 𐤀𐤇𐤉𐤄 𐤆𐤄𐤎 𐤌𐤇𐤋𐤉
אֲחַזְיָ֜ה וַיִּפֹּ֨ל בְּעַ֣ד הַשְּׂבָכָ֗ה בַּעֲלִיָּת֛וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּשֹׁמְר֖וֹן וַיָּ֑חַל וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח מַלְאָכִ֔ים וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ לְכ֣וּ דִרְשׁ֗וּ בְּבַ֤עַל זְבוּב֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י עֶקְר֔וֹן אִם־ אֶחְיֶ֖ה זֶֽה׃ס מֵחֳלִ֥י ’ă·ḥaz·yāh way·yip·pōl bə·‘aḏ haś·śə·ḇā·ḵāh ba·‘ă·lî·yā·ṯōw ’ă·šer bə·šō·mə·rō·wn way·yā·ḥal way·yiš·laḥ mal·’ā·ḵîm way·yō·mer ’ă·lê·hem lə·ḵū ḏir·šū bə·ḇa·‘al zə·ḇūḇ ’ĕ·lō·hê ‘eq·rō·wn ’im- ’eḥ·yeh zeh mê·ḥo·lî — WLC · 2
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But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite,… “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them,… ‘[Is [it] because [there is] no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire vvv of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’
𐤅𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤄 𐤄𐤕𐤔𐤁𐤉 𐤒𐤅𐤌 𐤏𐤋𐤄 𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊𐤉 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤌 𐤄𐤌𐤁𐤋𐤉 𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤄𐤋𐤊𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤃𐤓𐤔 𐤁𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤆𐤁𐤅𐤁 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤏𐤒𐤓𐤅𐤍
וּמַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֗ה דִּבֶּר֙ אֶל־ אֵלִיָּ֣ה הַתִּשְׁבִּ֔י ק֣וּם עֲלֵ֔ה לִקְרַ֖את מַלְאֲכֵ֣י מֶֽלֶךְ־ שֹׁמְר֑וֹן וְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י אֵין־ אֱלֹהִים֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַתֶּם֙ הֹֽלְכִ֔ים לִדְרֹ֕שׁ בְּבַ֥עַל זְב֖וּב אֱלֹהֵ֥י עֶקְרֽוֹן׃ ū·mal·’aḵ Yah·weh dib·ber ’el- ’ê·lî·yāh hat·tiš·bî qūm ‘ă·lêh liq·raṯ mal·’ă·ḵê me·leḵ- šō·mə·rō·wn wə·ḏab·bêr ’ă·lê·hem ha·mib·bə·lî ’ên- ’ĕ·lō·hîm bə·yiś·rā·’êl ’at·tem hō·lə·ḵîm liḏ·rōš bə·ḇa·‘al zə·ḇūḇ ’ĕ·lō·hê ‘eq·rō·wn — WLC · 3
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Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from… the bed on which you are lying… You will surely die…’” So Elijah departed.
𐤅𐤋𐤊𐤍 𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤀 𐤕𐤓𐤃 𐤌𐤌𐤍𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤈𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤕 𐤔𐤌 𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤕𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤊
וְלָכֵן֙ כֹּֽה־ יְהוָ֔ה אָמַ֣ר לֹֽא־ תֵרֵ֥ד מִמֶּ֖נָּה כִּ֣י הַמִּטָּ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־ עָלִ֥יתָ שָּׁ֛ם מ֣וֹת תָּמ֑וּת אֵלִיָּֽה׃ וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ wə·lā·ḵên kōh- Yah·weh ’ā·mar lō- ṯê·rêḏ mim·men·nāh kî ham·miṭ·ṭāh ’ă·šer- ‘ā·lî·ṯā šām mō·wṯ tā·mūṯ ’ê·lî·yāh way·yê·leḵ — WLC · 4
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When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them,… “Why… have you returned?”
𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤅𐤁𐤅 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤌𐤄 𐤆𐤄 𐤔𐤁𐤕𐤌
הַמַּלְאָכִ֖ים וַיָּשׁ֥וּבוּ אֵלָ֑יו וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם מַה־ זֶּ֥ה שַׁבְתֶּֽם׃ ham·mal·’ā·ḵîm way·yā·šū·ḇū ’ê·lāw way·yō·mer ’ă·lê·hem mah- zeh šaḇ·tem — WLC · 5
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They replied “A man came up to meet us and said -, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire vvv of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying… - You will surely die…’”
𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤏𐤋𐤄 𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤕𐤍𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤋𐤊𐤅 𐤔𐤅𐤁𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤀𐤕𐤊𐤌 𐤅𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤕𐤌 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤄𐤌𐤁𐤋𐤉 𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤋𐤃𐤓𐤔 𐤁𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤆𐤁𐤅𐤁 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤏𐤒𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤋𐤊𐤍 𐤋𐤀 𐤕𐤓𐤃 𐤄𐤌𐤈𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤕 𐤔𐤌 𐤌𐤌𐤍𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤕𐤌𐤅𐤕
וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ אֵלָ֜יו אִ֣ישׁ׀ עָלָ֣ה לִקְרָאתֵ֗נוּ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלֵינוּ֮ לְכ֣וּ שׁוּבוּ֮ אֶל־ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־ שָׁלַ֣ח אֶתְכֶם֒ וְדִבַּרְתֶּ֣ם אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה יְהוָ֔ה אָמַ֣ר הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י אֵין־ אֱלֹהִים֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַתָּ֣ה שֹׁלֵ֔חַ לִדְרֹ֕שׁ בְּבַ֥עַל זְב֖וּב אֱלֹהֵ֣י עֶקְר֑וֹן לָ֠כֵן לֹֽא־ תֵרֵ֥ד הַמִּטָּ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־ עָלִ֥יתָ שָּׁ֛ם מִמֶּ֖נָּה כִּֽי־ מ֥וֹת תָּמֽוּת׃ way·yō·mə·rū ’ê·lāw ’îš ‘ā·lāh liq·rā·ṯê·nū way·yō·mer ’ê·lê·nū lə·ḵū šū·ḇū ’el- ham·me·leḵ ’ă·šer- šā·laḥ ’eṯ·ḵem wə·ḏib·bar·tem ’ê·lāw kōh Yah·weh ’ā·mar ha·mib·bə·lî ’ên- ’ĕ·lō·hîm bə·yiś·rā·’êl ’at·tāh šō·lê·aḥ liḏ·rōš bə·ḇa·‘al zə·ḇūḇ ’ĕ·lō·hê ‘eq·rō·wn lā·ḵên lō- ṯê·rêḏ ham·miṭ·ṭāh ’ă·šer- ‘ā·lî·ṯā šām mim·men·nāh kî- mō·wṯ tā·mūṯ — WLC · 6
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The king asked them,… “What sort of man came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?” -
𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤌 𐤌𐤄 𐤌𐤔𐤐𐤈 𐤄𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤏𐤋𐤄 𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤕𐤊𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤄𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤊𐤌 𐤀𐤕
וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם מֶ֚ה מִשְׁפַּ֣ט הָאִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָלָ֖ה לִקְרַאתְכֶ֑ם וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ הַדְּבָרִ֖ים אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם אֶת־ way·ḏab·bêr ’ă·lê·hem meh miš·paṭ hā·’îš ’ă·šer ‘ā·lāh liq·raṯ·ḵem way·ḏab·bêr hā·’êl·leh had·də·ḇā·rîm ’ă·lê·ḵem ’eṯ- — WLC · 7
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“[He was] a hairy man,… they answered, “… with a leather… belt around his waist.” “It [was] Elijah the Tishbite,” said [the king].
𐤔𐤏𐤓 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤏𐤅𐤓 𐤀𐤆𐤅𐤓 𐤅𐤀𐤆𐤅𐤓 𐤁𐤌𐤕𐤍𐤉𐤅 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤄 𐤄𐤕𐤔𐤁𐤉 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓
שֵׂעָ֔ר אִ֚ישׁ בַּ֣עַל וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו ע֖וֹר אָז֣וּר וְאֵז֥וֹר בְּמָתְנָ֑יו הֽוּא׃ אֵלִיָּ֥ה הַתִּשְׁבִּ֖י וַיֹּאמַ֕ר śê·‘ār ’îš ba·‘al way·yō·mə·rū ’ê·lāw ‘ō·wr ’ā·zūr wə·’ê·zō·wr bə·mā·ṯə·nāw hū ’ê·lî·yāh hat·tiš·bî way·yō·mar — WLC · 8
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Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain vvv with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to [Elijah],… who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”
𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤔𐤓 𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤋 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤏𐤋 𐤓𐤀𐤔 𐤄𐤄𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤓𐤃𐤄
וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח אֵלָ֛יו שַׂר־ חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים וַחֲמִשָּׁ֑יו וַיַּ֣עַל אֵלָ֗יו וְהִנֵּה֙ יֹשֵׁב֙ עַל־ רֹ֣אשׁ הָהָ֔ר וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלָ֔יו אִ֚ישׁ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ דִּבֶּ֖ר רֵֽדָה׃ way·yiš·laḥ ’ê·lāw śar- ḥă·miš·šîm wa·ḥă·miš·šāw way·ya·‘al ’ê·lāw wə·hin·nêh yō·šêḇ ‘al- rōš hā·hār way·ḏab·bêr ’ê·lāw ’îš hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm ham·me·leḵ dib·ber rê·ḏāh — WLC · 9
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Elijah… answered… the captain…, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and [your] fifty [men].” And fire came down from heaven and consumed [the captain] and [his] fifty men.
𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤋 𐤔𐤓 𐤄𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤌 𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔 𐤕𐤓𐤃 𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤕𐤊 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤊 𐤀𐤔 𐤅𐤕𐤓𐤃 𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤅
אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ וַיְדַבֵּר֮ וַיַּעֲנֶ֣ה אֶל־ שַׂ֣ר הַחֲמִשִּׁים֒ וְאִם־ אָ֔נִי אִ֤ישׁ אֱלֹהִים֙ אֵשׁ֙ תֵּ֤רֶד מִן־ הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְתֹאכַ֥ל אֹתְךָ֖ וְאֶת־ חֲמִשֶּׁ֑יךָ אֵשׁ֙ וַתֵּ֤רֶד מִן־ הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַתֹּ֥אכַל אֹת֖וֹ וְאֶת־ חֲמִשָּֽׁיו׃ ’ê·lî·yā·hū way·ḏab·bêr way·ya·‘ă·neh ’el- śar ha·ḥă·miš·šîm wə·’im- ’ā·nî ’îš ’ĕ·lō·hîm ’êš tê·reḏ min- haš·šā·ma·yim wə·ṯō·ḵal ’ō·ṯə·ḵā wə·’eṯ- ḥă·miš·še·ḵā ’êš wat·tê·reḏ min- haš·šā·ma·yim wat·tō·ḵal ’ō·ṯōw wə·’eṯ- ḥă·miš·šāw — WLC · 10
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- So the king sent to Elijah another captain… [with his] fifty [men]. And [the captain] said to [Elijah], “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down at once!’”
𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤀𐤇𐤓 𐤔𐤓 𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤄 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤓𐤃𐤄 𐤌𐤄𐤓𐤄
וַיָּ֜שָׁב וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח אֵלָ֛יו אַחֵ֖ר שַׂר־ חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וַחֲמִשָּׁ֑יו וַיַּ֙עַן֙ וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלָ֔יו אִ֚ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים כֹּֽה־ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אָמַ֥ר רֵֽדָה׃ מְהֵרָ֥ה way·yā·šāḇ way·yiš·laḥ ’ê·lāw ’a·ḥêr śar- ḥă·miš·šîm wa·ḥă·miš·šāw way·ya·‘an way·ḏab·bêr ’ê·lāw ’îš hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm kōh- ham·me·leḵ ’ā·mar rê·ḏāh mə·hê·rāh — WLC · 11
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Again Elijah… replied, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and [your] fifty [men].” And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed [the captain] and [his] fifty men.
𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤍 𐤀𐤌 𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔 𐤕𐤓𐤃 𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤕𐤊 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤊 𐤀𐤔 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤕𐤓𐤃 𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤅
אֵלִיָּה֮ וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶם֒ וַיַּ֣עַן אִם־ אָ֔נִי אִ֤ישׁ הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ אֵשׁ֙ תֵּ֤רֶד מִן־ הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְתֹאכַ֥ל אֹתְךָ֖ וְאֶת־ חֲמִשֶּׁ֑יךָ אֵשׁ־ אֱלֹהִים֙ וַתֵּ֤רֶד מִן־ הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַתֹּ֥אכַל אֹת֖וֹ וְאֶת־ חֲמִשָּֽׁיו׃ ’ê·lî·yāh way·ḏab·bêr ’ă·lê·hem way·ya·‘an ’im- ’ā·nî ’îš hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm ’êš tê·reḏ min- haš·šā·ma·yim wə·ṯō·ḵal ’ō·ṯə·ḵā wə·’eṯ- ḥă·miš·še·ḵā ’êš- ’ĕ·lō·hîm wat·tê·reḏ min- haš·šā·ma·yim wat·tō·ḵal ’ō·ṯōw wə·’eṯ- ḥă·miš·šāw — WLC · 12
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So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up,… fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him…, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours please be precious in your sight.
𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤔𐤓 𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤔𐤋𐤉𐤔𐤉 𐤔𐤓 𐤄𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤅𐤉𐤊𐤓𐤏 𐤏𐤋 𐤁𐤓𐤊𐤉𐤅 𐤋𐤍𐤂𐤃 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤇𐤍𐤍 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤍𐤐𐤔𐤉 𐤅𐤍𐤐𐤔 𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉𐤊 𐤍𐤀 𐤕𐤉𐤒𐤓 𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤊
וַיָּ֗שָׁב וַיִּשְׁלַ֛ח שְׁלִשִׁ֖ים שַׂר־ חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֜י שַׂר־ הַחֲמִשִּׁ֨ים וַחֲמִשָּׁ֑יו וַיַּ֡עַל וַיָּבֹא֩ וַיִּכְרַ֥ע עַל־ בִּרְכָּ֣יו׀ לְנֶ֣גֶד אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ וַיִּתְחַנֵּ֤ן אֵלָיו֙ וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלָ֔יו אִ֚ישׁ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים נַפְשִׁ֗י וְנֶ֨פֶשׁ אֵ֛לֶּה חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים עֲבָדֶ֥יךָֽ נָ֣א תִּֽיקַר־ בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ way·yā·šāḇ way·yiš·laḥ šə·li·šîm śar- ḥă·miš·šîm haš·šə·lî·šî śar- ha·ḥă·miš·šîm wa·ḥă·miš·šāw way·ya·‘al way·yā·ḇō way·yiḵ·ra‘ ‘al- bir·kāw lə·ne·ḡeḏ ’ê·lî·yā·hū way·yiṯ·ḥan·nên ’ê·lāw way·ḏab·bêr ’ê·lāw ’îš hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm nap̄·šî wə·ne·p̄eš ’êl·leh ḥă·miš·šîm ‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā nā tî·qar- bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā — WLC · 13
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Behold, fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty, with all their men. But now may my life be precious in your sight.”
𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤔 𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤄 𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤔𐤍𐤉 𐤔𐤓𐤉 𐤄𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤅𐤏𐤕𐤄 𐤍𐤐𐤔𐤉 𐤕𐤉𐤒𐤓 𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤊𐤎
הִ֠נֵּה אֵשׁ֙ יָ֤רְדָה מִן־ הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַ֠תֹּאכַל אֶת־ הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים וְאֶת־ שְׁנֵ֞י שָׂרֵ֧י הַחֲמִשִּׁ֛ים חֲמִשֵּׁיהֶ֑ם וְעַתָּ֕ה נַפְשִׁ֖י תִּיקַ֥ר בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ס hin·nêh ’êš yā·rə·ḏāh min- haš·šā·ma·yim wat·tō·ḵal ’eṯ- hā·ri·šō·nîm wə·’eṯ- šə·nê śā·rê ha·ḥă·miš·šîm ḥă·miš·šê·hem wə·‘at·tāh nap̄·šî tî·qar bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā — WLC · 14
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Then the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Do not be afraid of him.” So [Elijah] got up and went down with him to the king.
𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤓𐤃 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤉𐤓𐤀 𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤃 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊
מַלְאַ֤ךְ יְהוָה֙ וַיְדַבֵּ֞ר אֶל־ אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ רֵ֣ד אוֹת֔וֹ אַל־ תִּירָ֖א מִפָּנָ֑יו וַיָּ֛קָם וַיֵּ֥רֶד אוֹת֖וֹ אֶל־ הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ mal·’aḵ Yah·weh way·ḏab·bêr ’el- ’ê·lî·yā·hū rêḏ ’ō·w·ṯōw ’al- tî·rā mip·pā·nāw way·yā·qām way·yê·reḏ ’ō·w·ṯōw ’el- ham·me·leḵ — WLC · 15
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And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no… God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire vvv of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying… - You will surely die…”
𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤄𐤌𐤁𐤋𐤉 𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤋𐤃𐤓𐤔 𐤁𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤅 𐤉𐤏𐤍 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤕 𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤃𐤓𐤔 𐤁𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤆𐤁𐤅𐤁 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤏𐤒𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤋𐤊𐤍 𐤋𐤀 𐤕𐤓𐤃 𐤄𐤌𐤈𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤕 𐤔𐤌 𐤌𐤌𐤍𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤕𐤌𐤅𐤕
וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר אֵלָ֜יו כֹּֽה־ יְהוָ֗ה אָמַ֣ר הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י אֵין־ אֱלֹהִים֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לִדְרֹ֖שׁ בִּדְבָר֑וֹ יַ֜עַן אֲשֶׁר־ שָׁלַ֣חְתָּ מַלְאָכִים֮ לִדְרֹשׁ֮ בְּבַ֣עַל זְבוּב֮ אֱלֹהֵ֣י עֶקְרוֹן֒ לָ֠כֵן לֹֽא־ תֵרֵ֥ד הַמִּטָּ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־ עָלִ֥יתָ שָּׁ֛ם מִמֶּ֖נָּה כִּֽי־ מ֥וֹת תָּמֽוּת׃ way·ḏab·bêr ’ê·lāw kōh- Yah·weh ’ā·mar ha·mib·bə·lî ’ên- ’ĕ·lō·hîm bə·yiś·rā·’êl liḏ·rōš biḏ·ḇā·rōw ya·‘an ’ă·šer- šā·laḥ·tā mal·’ā·ḵîm liḏ·rōš bə·ḇa·‘al zə·ḇūḇ ’ĕ·lō·hê ‘eq·rō·wn lā·ḵên lō- ṯê·rêḏ ham·miṭ·ṭāh ’ă·šer- ‘ā·lî·ṯā šām mim·men·nāh kî- mō·wṯ tā·mūṯ — WLC · 16
Jehoram Succeeds Ahaziah
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So [Ahaziah] died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah.
𐤅𐤉𐤌𐤕 𐤊𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤋𐤅 𐤋𐤀 𐤁𐤍 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤓𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤕𐤇𐤕𐤉𐤅 𐤐 𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤔𐤍𐤕 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤓𐤌 𐤁𐤍 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤐𐤈 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄
וַיָּ֜מָת כִּדְבַ֥ר יְהוָ֣ה׀ אֲשֶׁר־ אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ דִּבֶּ֣ר כִּ֛י הָ֥יָה ל֖וֹ לֹֽא־ בֵּֽן׃ יְהוֹרָם֙ וַיִּמְלֹ֤ךְ תַּחְתָּ֔יו פ שְׁתַּ֔יִם בִּשְׁנַ֣ת מֶ֣לֶךְ לִיהוֹרָ֥ם בֶּן־ יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט יְהוּדָ֑ה way·yā·māṯ kiḏ·ḇar Yah·weh ’ă·šer- ’ê·lî·yā·hū dib·ber kî hā·yāh lōw lō- bên yə·hō·w·rām way·yim·lōḵ taḥ·tå̄w p̄ šə·ta·yim biš·naṯ me·leḵ lî·hō·w·rām ben- yə·hō·wō·šā·p̄āṭ yə·hū·ḏāh — WLC · 17
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As for the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, along with his accomplishments…, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles… of the Kings of Israel?
𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤓 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉 𐤀𐤇𐤆𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤄𐤌𐤄 𐤄𐤋𐤅𐤀 𐤊𐤕𐤅𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤏𐤋 𐤎𐤐𐤓 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉 𐤄𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋𐤐
וְיֶ֛תֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י אֲחַזְיָ֖הוּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה הֵ֣מָּה הֲלֽוֹא־ כְתוּבִ֗ים עַל־ סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ wə·ye·ṯer diḇ·rê ’ă·ḥaz·yā·hū ’ă·šer ‘ā·śāh hêm·māh hă·lō·w- ḵə·ṯū·ḇîm ‘al- sê·p̄er diḇ·rê hay·yā·mîm lə·mal·ḵê yiś·rā·’êl — WLC · 18