Verse 2

Ahaziah fell through the lattice in the upper chamber of his palace in Samaria, injuring himself. He sent messengers, instructing them, 'Go and inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this illness.'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Ahasja falt ned fra takvinduet i sitt hus i Samaria og ble alvorlig skadet. Han sendte budbringere og sa til dem: 'Gå og spør Baal-Zebub, guden i Ekron, om jeg vil kunne overleve denne sykdommen.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Ahaziah falt ned gjennom et gitter i sin øvre sal i Samaria og ble syk. Han sendte budbringere og sa til dem: Gå og spør Baalzebub, guden i Ekron, om jeg vil bli frisk av denne sykdommen.

• Norsk King James

  Og Ahaziah falt ned fra en rute i det øverste rommet i Samaria, og han ble syk.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ahasja falt gjennom gitteret i palasset sitt i Samaria og ble alvorlig syk. Han sendte bud og sa: 'Gå og spør Ba'al-Sebub, guden i Ekron, om jeg kommer til å bli frisk igjen.'

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Ahasja falt ned gjennom gitteret i rommet sitt i Samaria og ble syk. Han sendte budbærere av sted og sa til dem: 'Gå og spør Ba'al-Zebub, guden i Ekron, om jeg skal bli frisk av denne sykdommen.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Akasja falt gjennom et gitter i det øvre rommet sitt i Samaria og ble syk. Han sendte budbringere og sa til dem: Gå og spør Ba'al-Sebub, guden i Ekron, om jeg vil bli frisk fra denne sykdommen.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og Ahaziah falt gjennom et gitter i sin øvre kammer i Samaria og ble syk; han sendte budbringere og sa til dem: 'Gå og forhør dere hos Baalzebub, Ekrons gud, om jeg skal bli frisk fra denne sykdommen.'

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Akasja falt gjennom et gitter i det øvre rommet sitt i Samaria og ble syk. Han sendte budbringere og sa til dem: Gå og spør Ba'al-Sebub, guden i Ekron, om jeg vil bli frisk fra denne sykdommen.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Ahasja falt ned gjennom gitteret i den øvre sal i Samaria og ble syk. Han sendte budbringere av sted og sa til dem: ‘Gå og spør Baal-Zebub, guden i Ekron, om jeg vil bli frisk fra denne sykdommen.’

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Ahazja falt gjennom gitteret i sin øvre sal i Samaria og ble syk. Han sendte budbringere med beskjed om å oppsøke Ba'al-Zebub, guden i Ekron, for å spørre om han ville bli frisk igjen av denne sykdommen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Ahasia faldt igjennem Sprinkelet i sin Sal, som var i Samaria, og blev syg; og han sendte Bud og sagde til dem: Gaaer hen, adspørger ved Baal-Sebub, Ekrons Gud, om jeg skal leve af denne Sygdom.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og Ahazia falt ned gjennom gitteret i sitt øvre rom i Samaria og ble syk. Han sendte budbærere og sa til dem: Gå og spør Ba'al-Sebub, guden i Ekron, om jeg skal bli frisk av denne sykdommen.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And Ahaziah fell through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick; so he sent messengers and said to them, Go, inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this disease.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Ahazja falt gjennom gitteret i det øvre rommet i Samaria og ble syk. Han sendte budbringere og sa til dem: Gå og spør Baal Zebub, guden i Ekron, om jeg skal komme meg etter denne sykdommen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Ahazja falt ut gjennom gitteret i sin øvre sal i Samaria og ble syk. Han sendte budbærere og sa til dem: 'Gå, spør Baal-Seub, guden i Ekron, om jeg skal bli frisk fra denne sykdommen.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Ahazja falt ned gjennom gitteret i sitt øvre rom i Samaria og ble syk. Han sendte budbringere og sa til dem: Gå og spør Ba'al-Sebub, guden i Ekron, om jeg skal bli frisk av denne sykdommen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Ahaziah falt fra vinduet i sitt rom i Samaria og ble syk. Han sendte menn av sted og sa til dem: Spør Baal-zebub, guden i Ekron, om utfallet av min sykdom, for å se om jeg blir frisk.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Ochosias fell thorow ye grate in his chaber at Samaria, and was deed sicke, and sent messaungers, and sayde vnto them: Go youre waye, and axe councell at Beelzebub the god of Ekron, whether I shall recouer from this sicknesse.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Ahaziah fell thorow the lattesse windowe in his vpper chamber which was in Samaria: so he was sicke: then he sent messengers, to whome he saide, Goe, and enquire of Baal-zebub the God of Ekron, if I shall recouer of this my disease.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Ahazia fell through a lattesse wyndowe of his vpper chamber that he had in Samaria, and while he was in his sickenesse, he sent messengers and saide vnto them: Go, and enquire of Beelzebub the god of Ekrom, whether I shall recouer of this my disease.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said to them, Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this sickness.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and Ahaziah falleth through the lattice in his upper chamber that `is' in Samaria, and is sick, and sendeth messengers, and saith unto them, `Go ye, inquire of Baal-Zebub god of Ekron if I recover from this sickness.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this sickness.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now Ahaziah had a fall from the window of his room in Samaria, and was ill. And he sent men, and said to them, Put a question to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, about the outcome of my disease, to see if I will get well or not.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, "Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover of this sickness."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders,“Go, ask Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury.”

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 1:16 : 16 Elijah said to the king, 'This is what the LORD says: "You have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron—is it because there is no God in Israel to consult? Because of this, you will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will surely die."'
• 2 Kgs 8:7-9 : 7 Elisha came to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram, was sick. It was reported to him, "The man of God has come all the way here." 8 The king said to Hazael, "Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, saying, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'" 9 Hazael went to meet him, taking a gift in his hand that included all the finest products of Damascus, loaded on forty camels. When he came, he stood before him and said, "Your son, Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram, has sent me to ask, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'" 10 Elisha said to him, "Go and say to him, 'You will certainly recover,' but the LORD has shown me that he will surely die."
• Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If they called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they call the members of his household!
• Mark 3:22 : 22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons, He casts out demons."
• Luke 11:15 : 15 But some of them said, 'He drives out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of demons.'
• 2 Kgs 1:3 : 3 But the angel of the LORD told Elijah the Tishbite, 'Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and say to them, "Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?"'
• 2 Kgs 1:6 : 6 They answered, 'A man came to meet us and said, "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 inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, you will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will surely die.'"'
• Isa 37:12 : 12 Did the gods of the nations that my predecessors destroyed—Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar—deliver them?
• Isa 37:19 : 19 They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but the work of human hands—wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.
• 1 Kgs 11:33 : 33 'For they have forsaken Me and worshiped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, done what is right in My sight, or kept My statutes and judgments as David, his father, did.'
• 1 Kgs 14:3 : 3 Take ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey with you, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.
• 1 Kgs 22:34 : 34 But someone randomly drew his bow and struck the king of Israel between the sections of his armor. The king told his chariot driver, 'Turn around and get me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded.'
• Judg 5:28 : 28 Through the window peered Sisera's mother; behind the lattice she cried out, 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why is the clatter of his chariots delayed?'
• Judg 11:24 : 24 Do you not take what your god Chemosh gives you? Likewise, we will take possession of whatever the Lord our God has driven out before us.
• 1 Sam 5:10 : 10 Then they sent the Ark of God to Ekron. But when the Ark reached Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, saying, “They have brought the Ark of the God of Israel here to kill us and our people!”
• 2 Chr 21:14-15 : 14 So now the Lord is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a devastating plague. 15 You yourself will suffer painful illnesses of your intestines until your intestines come out day by day because of the disease.
• Job 31:3 : 3 Is it not disaster for the wicked and calamity for those who do evil?
• Song 2:9 : 9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
• Acts 20:9 : 9 A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in a window, fell into a deep sleep as Paul kept talking on and on. Overcome by sleep, he fell from the third floor and was picked up dead.
• Matt 12:24-27 : 24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, 'This man drives out demons only by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.' 25 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, 'Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to ruin, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.' 26 If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand? 27 And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? Therefore, they will be your judges.