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'Messengers' in the Bible

Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders, "Go, ask Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury."

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesBeelzebubHealingHousesSuffering, Causes OfPeople Falling From A HeightUpper Rooms

But the Lord's angelic messenger told Elijah the Tishbite, "Get up, go to meet the messengers from the king of Samaria. Say this to them: 'You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are on your way to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub the god of Ekron.

Verse ConceptsMessengerDivine Direction

When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, "Why have you returned?"

Verse ConceptsWhy Do You Do This?

Elijah said to the king, "This is what the Lord says, 'You sent messengers to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. You must think there is no God in Israel from whom you can seek an oracle! Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die.'"

Verse ConceptsPrayerlessnessNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon Happen

Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel. He said, "Come, let's meet face to face."

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutList Of Kings Of Israel

Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your dependent. March up and rescue me from the power of the king of Syria and the king of Israel, who have attacked me."

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutAliancesInvitationsServanthood, In SocietyAllegiances

The king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was planning a revolt. Hoshea had sent messengers to King So of Egypt and had not sent his annual tribute to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria arrested him and imprisoned him.

Verse ConceptsArrestingMessengers Sent OutenvoyConspiraciesImprisonmentsPrisonersTaxationPrisons

The king heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was marching out to fight him. He again sent messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them:

Verse ConceptsAfricaMessengers Sent Out

Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the Lord's temple and spread it out before the Lord.

Verse ConceptsLettersLiteracySpreading

Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, 'With my many chariots I climbed up the high mountains, the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedars, and its best evergreens. I invaded its most remote regions, its thickest woods.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of ConfidenceClimbingChariotsCedarWorldly Ambition ExamplesFalse Confidence, Examples OfFelling Trees

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