2 Kings 1:4

Now therefore thus says the Lord, "You shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die."'" Elijah departed.

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In The King James Version

Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

In Context

3But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, "Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?

5The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, "Why is it that you have returned?"

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Cross References

Genesis 2:17but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it; for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die."

Numbers 26:65For the Lord had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. There was not left a man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

1 Kings 14:12Arise therefore, and go to your house. When your feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

2 Kings 1:6They said to him, "A man came up to meet us, and said to us, 'Go, return to the king who sent you, and tell him, "Thus says the Lord, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.'"'"

2 Kings 8:10Elisha said to him, "Go, tell him, 'You shall surely recover;' however the Lord has shown me that he shall surely die."

Proverbs 11:19He who is truly righteous gets life.He who pursues evil gets death.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 1:2-9

Second Kings This second book of the Kings (which the LXX., numbering from Samuel, called the fourth ) is a continuation of the former book; and, some think, might better have been made to begin with the fifty-first verse of the foregoing chapter , where the reign of Ahaziah begins. The former book had an illustrious beginning, in the glories of the kingdom of Israel, when it was entire; this has a melancholy conclusion, in the desolations of the kingdoms of Israel first, and then of Judah, after they had been… Read the whole commentary →

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