Catholic Public Domain Version
"And the messengers returned to Ahaziah. And he said to them, “Why have you returned?” "
— 2 Kings 1:5, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?”
“And the messengers returned unto him, and he said unto them, Why is it that ye are returned? ”
“The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, "Why is it that you have returned?"”
“When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them,“Why have you returned?””
“And the messengers turned back to Ochozias. And he said to them: Why are you come back?”
“And the men he had sent came back to the king; and he said to them, Why have you come back?”
“And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?”
And Ahaziah fell down through the lattices of his upper room, which he had in Samaria, and he was injured. And he sent messengers, saying to them, “Go, consult Beelzebub, the god of Ekron, as to whether I may be able to survive this infirmity of mine.”
And an Angel of the Lord spoke to Elijah, the Tishbite, saying: “Rise up, and ascend to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria. And you shall say to them: ‘Is there not a God in Israel, so that you would go to consult Beelzebub, the god of Ekron?
For this reason, thus says the Lord: From the bed to which you have ascended, you shall not descend. Instead, dying you shall die.’ ” And Elijah went away.
And the messengers returned to Ahaziah. And he said to them, “Why have you returned?”
But they responded to him: “A man met us, and he said to us: ‘Go, and return to the king who sent you. And you shall say to him: Thus says the Lord: Is it because there was no God in Israel that you are sending to consult Beelzebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, from the bed to which you have ascended, you shall not descend. Instead, dying you shall die.’ ”
And he said to them: “What was the appearance and dress of that man, who met you and who spoke these words?”
So they said, “A hairy man, with a belt of leather wrapping his waist.” And he said, “It is Elijah, the Tishbite.”