2 KINGS 1

GOD SENDS ELIJAH TO TELL OF AHAZIAH’S DEATH 

After the death of Ahab, Ahaziah takes the throne as king over Israel. Ahaziah suffers an injury from falling through a lattice and asks Baal-zebub, a false god, if he would recover.

Because Ahaziah inquires from Baal-zebub instead of God, God sends the prophet Elijah a messenger who tells him that Ahaziah would not recover and that he would die.

When Ahaziah’s messengers return with the news from Elijah, Ahaziah is not pleased. Twice, Ahaziah sends groups of fifty men to confront Elijah and arrest him. Elijah calls upon God and the men are burned up in a fire from heaven.

Ahaziah sends a third group of men to Elijah, but they ask for mercy. Elijah spares them and repeats the news that Ahaziah will die.

Just as God told Elijah, Ahaziah does not recover and dies. Because Ahaziah had no sons, Ahab’s son Joram becomes king after Ahaziah's death.