Study it in the app“But the angel of YHWH spoke to Elijah the Tishbite, “Get up, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no Elohim in Israel that you are going to consult Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’”
But the angelוּמַלְאַךְof YHWHיְהוָהspokeדִּבֶּרto Elijahאֶל אֵלִיָּהthe Tishbite,הַתִּשְׁבִּי“Get up,קוּםgo upעֲלֵהto meetלִקְרַאתthe messengersמַלְאֲכֵיof the kingמֶלֶךְof Samaria,שֹׁמְרוֹןand sayוְדַבֵּרto them,אֲלֵהֶם‘Is it because there is noהַמִבְּלִי אֵיןElohimאֱלֹהִיםin Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵלthat youאַתֶּםare goingהֹלְכִיםto consultלִדְרֹשׁBaal-zebub,בְּבַעַל זְבוּבthe godאֱלֹהֵיof Ekron?’עֶקְרוֹן
angel
A messenger from God, a heavenly being.
Where else “malach” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appearsElijah
Elijah: a name meaning "my El is YHWH." It is the prophet from Gilead who confronted King Ahab and the worship of Baal (1 Kings 17–2 Kings 2); two other Israelites bear the same name (1 Chronicles 8:27; Ezra 10:21).
Where else “eliya” appearsTishbite
Tishbite: from Tishbe, a place in Gilead, east of the Jordan. It is the epithet of the prophet Elijah.
Where else “tishbi” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kum” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ale” appearsmeet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsSamaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appearswithout; not
Without; not; nothing.
Where else “beli” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holchim” appearsconsult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “derosh” appearsBaal-zebub
Baal-zebub. A name meaning "lord of flies." In 2 Kings 1 it is the god of the Philistine city of Ekron, whom King Ahaziah sent to consult. The account sets him against the Elohim of Israel.
Where else “vaal” appearsEkron
See it on the mapWhere else “ekron” appears1Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
2Ekron
Today: Tel Miqne (Ekron) ruins, Israel
A Philistine city on the plain, about 22 miles (35 km) west of Jerusalem.
The ark was taken there and the people were afraid (1 Sam 5:10). King Ahaziah sent to ask its god instead of the God of Israel (2 Kgs 1:2).
2Ahaziah fell through the lattice of his upper room that was in Samaria and became sick. He sent messengers and said to them, “Go, consult Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will live through this sickness.”
3 · This verse (above)
4Therefore thus says YHWH, ‘From the bed to which you have gone up you will not come down, but you will surely die.’” And Elijah went.
