“And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.”
Ahaziah's response is defiant recognition: he knows the speaker's identity and the content of the prophecy — yet he sends soldiers rather than repenting. The king's pride cannot yield; instead, he exercises what little authority remains to him, attempting to arrest the prophet. His choice to resist rather than seek grace makes the next encounter inevitable.
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