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2 Kings 1:4

2 Kings 1:4 is verse 4 of 2 Kings chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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.

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King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Now therefore Yahweh says, “You will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.”’” Then Elijah departed.

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2 Kings 1:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

2 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 of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”

3 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 of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’

4 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.

5 When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”

6 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 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.’”

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Hebrew words

וְלָכֵן֙and <to> therefore כֹּֽהthus אָמַ֣רhe says יְהוָ֔הYahweh הַמִּטָּ֞הthe bed אֲשֶׁרwhere עָלִ֥יתָyou have gone up שָּׁ֛םthere לֹֽאnot תֵרֵ֥דyou will come down מִמֶּ֖נָּהfrom it כִּ֣יfor מ֣וֹתcertainly <to die>תָּמ֑וּתyou will die וַיֵּ֖לֶךְand he went אֵלִיָּֽהElijah

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Genesis 2:17
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

Genesis 3:4
“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.

Numbers 26:65
For the LORD had told them that they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

1 Samuel 28:19
Moreover, the LORD will deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And the LORD will deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”

1 Kings 14:12
As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.

Proverbs 11:19
Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.

Proverbs 14:32
The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.

Ezekiel 18:4
Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.

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