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II Kings Chapter 1

II Kings
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II Kings

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The chapter opens with the death of the king of Israel, Jehu, who is assassinated by his own servants. Jehu then kills his brothers and brothers‑in‑law, seizes the throne, and begins to purge the nation of idolatry. The chapter sets the stage for Jehu’s reign and his violent reforms.

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(1) Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 24:7II Samuel 8:2I Chronicles 18:2Psalms 60:8II Kings 3:4II Kings 3:5II Kings 8:20II Kings 8:22

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Judges 11:18II Kings 3:5II Kings 3:7Isaiah 15:1II Kings 8:27

(2) And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in 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.
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Judges 5:28Song of Solomon 2:9Acts 20:9I Kings 22:34II Chronicles 21:14II Chronicles 21:15Job 31:3II Kings 1:3II Kings 1:6II Kings 1:16Matthew 10:25Matthew 12:24

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II Kings 1:3II Kings 1:16Judges 5:27I Samuel 17:52Romans 14:8I Corinthians 13:8

(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 it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?
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II Kings 1:15I Kings 19:5I Kings 19:7Acts 8:26Acts 12:7Acts 12:8Acts 12:9Acts 12:10Acts 12:11II Kings 1:8I Kings 17:1I Kings 18:1

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II Kings 1:2II Kings 1:16II Kings 1:6Judges 6:35I Kings 18:16I Kings 21:18

(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.
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Genesis 2:17Genesis 3:4Numbers 26:65I Samuel 28:19I Kings 14:12Proverbs 11:19Proverbs 14:32Ezekiel 18:4

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Numbers 35:17Numbers 35:18II Kings 1:6II Kings 1:16Jeremiah 44:25Ezekiel 3:18

(5) And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
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Psalms 78:57Jeremiah 46:5Numbers 22:33Joshua 8:20Joshua 11:10Judges 18:26

(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 it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou 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.
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Isaiah 41:22Isaiah 41:23II Kings 1:3II Kings 1:4I Chronicles 10:13I Chronicles 10:14Psalms 16:4

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II Kings 1:16Ezekiel 33:11II Kings 1:3Numbers 35:17Numbers 35:18II Kings 1:4

(7) And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
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Judges 8:18I Samuel 28:14

(8) And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
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Isaiah 20:2Zechariah 13:4Matthew 3:4Matthew 11:8Luke 1:17Revelation 11:3

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Isaiah 11:5

(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.
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II Kings 6:13II Kings 6:14I Kings 18:4I Kings 18:10I Kings 19:2I Kings 22:8I Kings 22:26I Kings 22:27Matthew 14:3I Kings 18:42Luke 6:11Luke 6:12

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II Kings 1:13Ezekiel 48:17II Kings 1:10II Kings 1:11Genesis 18:24Exodus 26:5

(10) And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a 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.
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II Kings 2:23II Kings 2:24Numbers 16:28Numbers 16:29Numbers 16:30I Kings 18:36I Kings 18:37I Kings 18:38I Kings 22:28II Chronicles 36:16Psalms 105:15Matthew 21:41

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II Kings 1:13Ezekiel 48:17II Kings 1:12II Kings 1:9II Kings 1:11Genesis 18:24

(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.
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Numbers 16:41I Samuel 6:9Isaiah 26:11Jeremiah 5:3John 18:5John 18:6John 18:7John 18:8John 18:9John 18:10John 18:11John 18:12

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II Kings 1:13Ezekiel 48:17II Kings 1:10II Kings 1:9Genesis 18:24Exodus 26:5

(12) And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a 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.
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II Kings 1:9II Kings 1:10

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II Kings 1:10II Kings 1:13Ezekiel 48:17Genesis 18:24Exodus 26:5Exodus 26:10

(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.
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Job 15:25Job 15:26Proverbs 27:22Ecclesiastes 9:3Isaiah 1:5Isaiah 66:2Exodus 11:8Numbers 12:11Numbers 12:12Numbers 12:13I Kings 13:6Isaiah 60:14

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Ezekiel 48:17II Kings 1:10Revelation 8:12II Kings 1:9II Kings 1:11II Kings 1:12

(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.
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II Kings 1:10II Kings 1:11I Samuel 26:21I Samuel 26:24Psalms 49:8Psalms 72:14Psalms 116:15Proverbs 6:26Matthew 16:25Matthew 16:26Acts 20:24

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Deuteronomy 1:15I Samuel 8:12Ezekiel 16:55I Chronicles 28:1

(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.
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Genesis 15:1I Kings 18:15Psalms 27:1Isaiah 51:12Jeremiah 1:17Jeremiah 15:20Ezekiel 2:6Matthew 10:28Hebrews 11:27

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Jeremiah 42:11Ezekiel 2:6II Samuel 24:16I Chronicles 21:15Acts 23:9

(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 it not because there is no 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.
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II Kings 1:3II Kings 1:4II Kings 1:6Exodus 4:22Exodus 4:23I Kings 14:6I Kings 14:7I Kings 14:8I Kings 14:9I Kings 14:10I Kings 14:11I Kings 14:12

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II Kings 1:6II Kings 1:2II Kings 1:3Isaiah 21:12Numbers 35:17Numbers 35:18

(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.
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II Kings 3:1II Kings 8:16II Kings 8:17I Kings 22:51

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I Kings 22:50II Chronicles 21:1II Chronicles 22:1II Kings 3:1II Kings 8:16II Chronicles 22:6

(18) Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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I Kings 14:19I Kings 22:39

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I Kings 11:41I Kings 14:19I Kings 14:29I Kings 15:7I Kings 15:23I Kings 15:31

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