In the first chapter of 2 Kings, Ahaziah, the king of Samaria, was sick. He sent messengers to inquire of the false god Baalzebub on whether he will recover or not.
An angel of the Lord told Elijah to intercept them, inquiring why they are asking of a false god instead of the Lord Himself.
The messengers returned to their king and told them what had happened. They told him that it was Elijah who told them this.
Ahaziah sent one hundred men to the hill where Elijah was, and the captain ordered Elijah to come down from the hill. Elijah said he was a man of God and that fire would come down from heaven and consume them.
And fire did.
This was repeated again with the same result. When the king of Samaria sent the third group, but the captain fell on his knees, begging for their lives to be saved by the power of the Lord. An angel of the Lord told Elijah that he could go down with the captain. He did. And once there, he told the king that since he sent messengers to inquire about a false god, he was to die.
And the king died.
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