IS IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO GOD IN ISRAEL?

2 Kings 1:1-18

Key verse 3

But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going off to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?’

1. Read verses 1-4. What happened to Ahaziah? (1-2a) Where did he seek help? (2b) What warning did God give Ahaziah’s messengers through Elijah? (3,4)

2. Read verses 5-8. How did Ahaziah receive God’s warning? (5-6) How did he come to know that the man who gave him warning was Elijah? (7-8) What should he have done after receiving God’s warning?

3. Read verses 9-18. How did Elijah respond to the first two companies of soldiers sent by the king to arrest him? (9-12) What was the attitude of the captain of the third company? (13-14)? What happened to the king? (15-18)