1 Tendo morrido Acab, Moab revoltou-se contra Israel.

2 Ocozias, que se encontrava em seu quarto alto, na Samaria, caiu da janela e feriu-se gravemente. Enviou então mensageiros, aos quais disse: Ide consultar Baal-Zebub, deus de Acaron, para saber se serei curado de meu mal.

3 Mas o anjo do Senhor falou a Elias, o tesbita: Sobe ao encontro dos mensageiros do rei de Samaria, e dize-lhes: Não há porventura um Deus em Israel, para irdes consultar Baal-Zebub, deus de Acaron?

4 Por isso eis o que diz o Senhor: Não te levantarás do leito a que subiste, mas morrerás. E Elias partiu.

5 Os mensageiros voltaram para Ocozias, e este lhes perguntou: Por que voltais?

6 Eles responderam: Um homem nos veio ao encontro e nos disse: Ide, voltai para o vosso rei e dizei-lhe: Isto diz o Senhor: Não há porventura Deus em Israel, para que mandes consultar Baal-Zebub, deus de Acaron? Por isso não te levantarás do leito a que subiste; vais morrer.

7 Ocozias disse-lhes: Como era esse homem que veio ao vosso encontro e vos falou desse modo?

8 Era um homem coberto de pelos, responderam-lhe, que trazia uma cinta de couro em volta dos rins. O rei disse: É Elias, o tesbita.

9 Imediatamente enviou-lhe o rei um chefe com seus cinqüenta homens. Este foi ter com Elias, que estava sentado no cimo dum monte, e disse-lhe: Ó homem de Deus, desce depressa, pois é ordem do rei.

10 Elias respondeu: Se sou um homem de Deus, venha fogo do céu e vos devore, a ti e aos teus cinqüenta homens. E o fogo, caindo do céu, devorou o chefe e seus cinqüenta homens.

11 O rei mandou outro chefe com os seus cinqüenta homens, o qual, chegando aonde estava Elias, lhe disse; Ó homem de Deus, esta é a ordem do rei: desce imediatamente.

12 Se sou um homem de Deus, respondeu Elias, venha fogo do céu e te devore com os teus cinqüenta homens. E o fogo, caindo do céu, devorou o chefe e seus cinqüenta homens.

13 Pela terceira vez, mandou o rei um chefe com os seus cinqüenta homens, o qual, chegando aonde estava Elias, pôs-se de joelhos e suplicou-lhe, dizendo: Peço-te, ó homem de Deus, que a minha vida tenha algum valor aos teus olhos e a destes cinqüenta homens teus servos.

14 Veio fogo do céu e devorou os dois primeiros chefes; mas, agora, que minha vida tenha algum valor aos teus olhos!

15 O anjo do Senhor disse a Elias: Desce com este homem; não temas. Elias levantou-se e desceu com ele à casa do rei.

16 Disse-lhe: Eis o que diz o Senhor: Porque enviaste mensageiros a consultar Baal-Zebub, deus de Acaron, não te levantarás mais do leito a que subiste; mas morrerás.

17 Ocozias morreu, segundo a palavra que o Senhor tinha dito pelo profeta Elias, e seu irmão Jorão sucedeu-lhe o trono, no segundo ano de Jorão, filho de Josafá, rei de Judá, porque Ocozias não tinha filhos.

18 O resto da história de Ocozias e suas ações, tudo está consignado no livro das Crônicas dos reis de Israel.

1 After Ahab's death, Moab rebelled against Israel.

2 Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers, saying to them, "Go and consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, to see if I will recover from this injury."

3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, "Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going off to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?'

4 Therefore this is what the LORD says: 'You will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!'" So Elijah went.

5 When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, "Why have you come back?"

6 "A man came to meet us," they replied. "And he said to us, 'Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, "This is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending messengers to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!"'"

7 The king asked them, "What kind of man was it who came to meet you and told you this?"

8 They replied, "He had a garment of hair "and had a leather belt around his waist." The king said, "That was Elijah the Tishbite."

9 Then he sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. The captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, "Man of God, the king says, 'Come down!'"

10 Elijah answered the captain, "If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!" Then fire fell from heaven and consumed the captain and his men.

11 At this the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. The captain said to him, "Man of God, this is what the king says, 'Come down at once!'"

12 "If I am a man of God," Elijah replied, "may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!" Then the fire of God fell from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.

13 So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. This third captain went up and fell on his knees before Elijah. "Man of God," he begged, "please have respect for my life and the lives of these fifty men, your servants!

14 See, fire has fallen from heaven and consumed the first two captains and all their men. But now have respect for my life!"

15 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.

16 He told the king, "This is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel for you to consult that you have sent messengers to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!"

17 So he died, according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. Because Ahaziah had no son, Joram "succeeded him as king in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah.

18 As for all the other events of Ahaziah's reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?