2 Kings 1:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when the messengers returned to him, he said to them, Why have you returned?

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  • 2 Kgs 1:6-11
    6 verses
    85%

    6 And they said to him, A man came up to meet us, and said to us, Go, return to the king who sent you, and say to him, Thus says the LORD, Is it not because there is no God in Israel that you send to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but shall surely die.

    7 And he said to them, What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and told you these words?

    8 And they answered him, He was a hairy man, with a belt of leather around his waist. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

    9 Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold, he sat on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him, Man of God, the king has said, Come down.

    10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty. And fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

    11 Again he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said to him, O man of God, thus says the king, Come down quickly.

  • 2 Kgs 1:2-4
    3 verses
    81%

    2 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.

    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 to them, Is it not because there is no God in Israel that you go to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron?

    4 Now therefore thus says the LORD, You shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but shall surely die. And Elijah departed.

  • 2 Kgs 1:15-16
    2 verses
    80%

    15 And the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, Go down with him; do not be afraid of him. So he arose and went down with him to the king.

    16 And he said to him, Thus says the LORD, Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore, you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but shall surely die.

  • 2 Kgs 2:16-18
    3 verses
    75%

    16 And they said to him, Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray you, and seek your master: lest perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, You shall not send.

    17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but did not find him.

    18 And when they came again to him, (for he waited at Jericho,) he said to them, Did I not say to you, Do not go?

  • 1 Kgs 20:9
    73%

    9 Therefore, he said to the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that you first sent for to your servant I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

  • 2 Kgs 9:18-20
    3 verses
    73%

    18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What do you have to do with peace? Turn in behind me. And the watchman reported, saying, The messenger reached them, but he has not returned.

    19 Then he sent another on horseback, who came to them, and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What do you have to do with peace? Turn in behind me.

    20 And the watchman reported, saying, He reached them and has not returned: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously.

  • 2 Kgs 2:25
    73%

    25 And he went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 18:11
    73%

    11 And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

  • 1 Kgs 13:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9 For so was it commanded me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the same way that you came.

    10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.

  • 2 Chr 34:26
    72%

    26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, so shall you say to him, Thus says the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which you have heard;

  • 2 Kgs 6:32-33
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    72%

    32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man ahead of him: but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

    33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down to him: and he said, Behold, this evil is from the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?

  • 2 Kgs 8:14
    71%

    14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, "What did Elisha say to you?" And he answered, "He told me that you should surely recover."

  • 1 Kgs 19:20-21
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    71%

    20 And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray you, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you. And he said to him, Go back again, for what have I done to you?

    21 And he returned from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah and ministered to him.

  • 2 Kgs 22:18
    71%

    18 But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall you say to him, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, As for the words which you have heard;

  • Jer 8:4
    71%

    4 Moreover you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD; Shall they fall and not rise? Shall he turn away and not return?

  • 1 Kgs 13:21
    71%

    21 And he cried to the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus says the LORD, Because you have disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and have not kept the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you,

  • 2 Kgs 1:13
    70%

    13 And he sent again a captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and pleaded with him, and said to him, O man of God, I pray you, let my life, and the life of these fifty servants of yours, be precious in your sight.

  • 2 Kgs 5:25-26
    2 verses
    70%

    25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, Where have you been, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant went nowhere.

    26 And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive clothing, olive groves, and vineyards, sheep, oxen, male servants, and female servants?

  • 1 Kgs 18:8
    70%

    8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

  • 1 Kgs 19:9
    70%

    9 And he came to a cave and lodged there, and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah?

  • 2 Chr 18:32
    70%

    32 For when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

  • 1 Kgs 13:17
    70%

    17 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor return to go by the way that you came.

  • 1 Kgs 17:2
    70%

    2 And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 22:33
    70%

    33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

  • 2 Kgs 9:5
    69%

    5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting; and he said, I have a message for you, O captain. And Jehu said, To which of us all? And he said, To you, O captain.

  • 2 Kgs 5:15
    69%

    15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his entourage, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, please, take a blessing from your servant.

  • 1 Kgs 13:12
    69%

    12 And their father said to them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, who came from Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 2:2
    69%

    2 And Elijah said to Elisha, Stay here, I pray you; for the LORD has sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said to him, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they went down to Bethel.

  • Zech 1:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3 Therefore say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Turn to Me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will turn to you, says the LORD of hosts.

    4 Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Turn now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds. But they did not hear nor listen to Me, says the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 2:4
    69%

    4 And Elijah said to him, Elisha, stay here, I pray you; for the LORD has sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they came to Jericho.

  • 2 Kgs 6:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.

    13 And he said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and bring him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

  • 1 Kgs 18:18
    68%

    18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but you and your father's house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and you have followed Baalim.