8. “He was hairy and had a leather belt around his waist,” they answered.“It must be Elijah!” replied Ahaziah.
9. So at once he sent an army officer and fifty soldiers to meet Elijah.Elijah was sitting on top of a hill at the time. The officer went up to him and said, “Man of God, the king orders you to come down and talk with him.”
10. “If I am a man of God,” Elijah answered, “God will send down fire on you and your fifty soldiers.” Fire immediately came down from heaven and burnt up the officer and his men.
11. Ahaziah sent another officer and fifty more soldiers to Elijah. The officer said, “Man of God, the king orders you to come and see him at once.”
12. “If I am a man of God,” Elijah answered, “fire will destroy you and your fifty soldiers.” And God sent down fire from heaven on the officer and his men.
13. Ahaziah sent a third army officer and fifty more soldiers. This officer went up to Elijah, then he got down on his knees and begged, “Man of God, please be kind to me and these fifty servants of yours. Let us live!
14. Fire has already wiped out the other officers and their soldiers. Please don't let it happen to me.”
15. The angel from the Lord said to Elijah, “Go with him and don't be afraid.” So Elijah got up and went with the officer.
16. When Elijah arrived, he told Ahaziah, “The Lord wants to know why you sent messengers to Ekron to ask Baalzebub about your injury. Don't you believe there's a God in Israel? Ahaziah, because you did that, the Lord says you will die.”
17. Ahaziah died, just as the Lord had said. But since Ahaziah had no sons, Joram his brother then became king. This happened in the second year that Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat was king of Judah.
18. Everything else Ahaziah did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Israel.