Verse 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.

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.’

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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.'

• biblecontext

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• 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.

• 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 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 8:7-9 : 7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, "The man of God is come here." 8 And the king said to Hazael, "Take a present in your hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, 'Shall I recover from this disease?'" 9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' load, and came and stood before him, and said, "Your son Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, 'Shall I recover from this disease?'" 10 And Elisha said to him, "Go, say to him, 'You may certainly recover:' however the LORD has shown me that he shall surely die."
• Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be like his master, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call those of his household?
• Mark 3:22 : 22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and by the prince of the demons he casts out demons.
• Luke 11:15 : 15 But some of them said, He casts out demons through Beelzebub the chief of the demons.
• 2 Kgs 1:3 : 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?
• 2 Kgs 1:6 : 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.
• Isa 37:12 : 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?
• Isa 37:19 : 19 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
• 1 Kgs 11:33 : 33 Because they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do what is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
• 1 Kgs 14:3 : 3 And take with you ten loaves, and cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him: he shall tell you what shall become of the child.
• 1 Kgs 22:34 : 34 And a certain man drew a bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor: therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, Turn your hand, and carry me out of the army; for I am wounded.
• Judg 5:28 : 28 The mother of Sisera looked out of a window, and cried through the lattice, 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? why do the wheels of his chariots delay?'
• Judg 11:24 : 24 Will you not possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever the LORD our God drives out from before us, them will we possess.
• 1 Sam 5:10 : 10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And as the ark of God came to Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people.
• 2 Chr 21:14-15 : 14 behold, with a great plague the LORD will strike your people, your children, your wives, and all your possessions. 15 And you will suffer severe sickness with a disease of your bowels, until your bowels come out because of the disease, day by day."
• Job 31:3 : 3 Is not destruction for the wicked, and a strange punishment for the workers of iniquity?
• Song 2:9 : 9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall, he looks forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice.
• Acts 20:9 : 9 And in a window sat a certain young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep. As Paul continued speaking, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.
• Matt 12:24-27 : 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow does not cast out devils, except by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself will not stand: 26 And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand? 27 And if I cast out devils by Beelzebub, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.