Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria<n id="1" /> and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Go, ask<n id="3" /> Baal Zebub,<n id="4" /> the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury.&#8221;p>

So the king told Hazael, &#8220;Take a gift<n id="1" /> and go visit the prophet. Request from him an oracle from the <sc>Lordsc>. Ask him,<n id="2" /> &#8216;Will I recover from this sickness?&#8217;&#8221;

So Hazael went to visit Elisha.<n id="1" /> He took along a gift,<n id="2" /> as well as<n id="3" /> forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus. When he arrived, he stood before him and said, &#8220;Your son,<n id="4" /> King Ben Hadad of Syria, has sent me to you with this question,<n id="5" /> &#8216;Will I recover from this sickness?&#8217;&#8221;