They saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto him,אֵלָיו“A manאִישׁcame upעָלָהto meet usלִקְרָאתֵנוּand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto us,אֵלֵינוּ‘Go,לְכוּreturnשׁוּבוּto the kingאֶל הַמֶּלֶךְwhoאֲשֶׁרsent youשָׁלַח אֶתְכֶםand speakוְדִבַּרְתֶּםto him,אֵלָיו“ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH,יְהוָה‘Is it because there is noהַמִבְּלִי אֵיןElohimאֱלֹהִיםin Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵלthat youאַתָּהare sendingשֹׁלֵחַto consultלִדְרֹשׁBaal-zebub,בְּבַעַל זְבוּבthe godאֱלֹהֵיof Ekron?עֶקְרוֹןThereforeלָכֵןfrom the bedהַמִּטָּה מִמֶּנָּהto whichאֲשֶׁר שָּׁםyou have gone upעָלִיתָyou will notלֹאcome down,תֵרֵדbutכִּיyou will surely die.’”’”מוֹת תָּמוּת
2 Kings 1:6
Study it in the app“They said to him, “A man came up to meet us and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you and speak to him, “Thus says YHWH, ‘Is it because there is no Elohim in Israel that you are sending to consult Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore from the bed to which you have gone up you will not come down, but you will surely die.’”’””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 1:6, word by word
- They saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- “A manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- came upעָלָהala
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ala” appears- to meet usקְרָאתֵkerate
meet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerate” appears- ‘Goלְכוּlechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appears- returnשׁוּבוּshuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuvu” appears- to the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- sent youשָׁלַחshalach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalach” appears- and speakדִבַּרְתֶּםdibartem
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibartem” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- ‘Is it because there is noבְּלִיbeli
without; not
Without; not; nothing.
Where else “beli” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- to consultדְרֹשׁderosh
consult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “derosh” appears- Baal-zebubבַעַלvaal
Baal-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” appears- of Ekronעֶקְרוֹןekron
Ekron
See it on the mapWhere else “ekron” appears- from the bedמִּטָּהmita
bed
Bed; a couch.
Where else “mita” appears- come downתֵרֵדtered
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “tered” appears- you will surely die.’”’מוֹתmot
be put to death
To lose one's life as punishment.
Where else “mot” appears
Places in this verse
Ekron
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).
The context
5The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, “Why have you returned?”
6 · This verse (above)
7He spoke to them, “What was the appearance of the man who came up to meet you and spoke to you these words?”