2 Kings 1:5

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

2 Kings 1:5

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When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”

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KJV

King James Version

¶ And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?

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The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, “Why is it that you have returned?”

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ASV

American Standard Version

And the messengers returned unto him, and he said unto them, Why is it that ye are returned?

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2 Kings 1

³ But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’

⁴ Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” So Elijah departed.

⁵ When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”

⁶ They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”

⁷ The king asked them, “What sort of man came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?”

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