O Man of God

From today’s reading of 1 Kings 21 through 2 Kings 1.

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.  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.”   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.  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.”
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.
2 Kings 1:13-17

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