2nd Kings 1:3 [Meanwhile, out in the wilderness,] YHVH’s angel commands EliJah {JAH-Is-El} the Traveler [prophet], “Get up. [Hike] uphill [~30km southwest toward] Samaria. Intercept the messengers king [Ahaziah] sent. Ask them, ‘Is it because there's no Elohim in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal-Zebub {Lord-Of-The-Flies} ([the] idol-god of Ekron {Uprooter})?’ Or ‘EliJah from Tishbe’. Tishbe was a wilderness camp about 20km south of Lake Galilee. Other locations are plausible. 30km SW assumes that Elijah started this trek from Tishbe.2nd Kings 1:6 The messengers answer the [evil] king, “A man came up to meet us. He said, ‘Go [home to Samaria]. Turn back [west] to the king who sent you. Tell him, ‘YHVH asks [you], ‘Is there no Elohim in Israel? How dare you send [messengers] to inquire of Baal-Zebub {Lord-Of-The-Flies}, demon-god of Ekron {Uprooter}? Because of [this sin], you'll never get down from the bed you're on. You'll die. DEAD!’” ‘Surely die’ as in Gen 2:17.JeremiYAH 25:20 [YAH eventually destroys] all foreigners [in Egypt], and all the kings of the land of Uz {Advisor}, and all the kings of the Palestinian [coast] land, and Ashkelon {Market-Town}, and Azzah {Fort}, and Ekron {Uprooter}, and the survivors in Ashdod {Ravager-City}…ZephaniYAH 2:4 Gaza {Strength} [lies] forsaken! Ashkelon {Market-Town} desolated! Ashdod {Ravager-City} emptied out at noon! Ekron {Uprooter} pulled up by its roots! |