What Killed the King?

The Preacher’s Diary
Now Ahaziah fell through the lattice of his upper
room in Samaria, and was injured; so he sent
messengers and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal-
Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover
from this injury…” Then he said to him, “Thus says
the Lord: ‘Because you have sent messengers to
inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it
because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His
word? Therefore you shall not come down from the
bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely
die.’” So Ahaziah died according to the word of the
Lord which Elijah had spoken. – 2 Kings 1:2,16-17
Not everybody dies from the disease that apparently
kills them. Some die from the places they go to
seeking relief from that disease.
What killed King Ahaziah? Was it the fall from his
upper balcony and the complications arising
therefrom? Or was it because he went consulting
after the god of Ekron? According to our passage, he
died from where he went seeking a solution to what
he thought was about to kill him. He died from a
where, not a what.
Of course, everybody would say that the king died
from his accidental fall, but our passage tells us that
his death was actually a divine sentence for seeking
help in the places he sent to consult from.
Not everybody dies from their deadly disease. Some
die from the deadly places they go to, seeking help.
Mind the places you go to when trouble comes. God
may pardon ignorant Ekronites who visit their
Baalzebub, who might even come out with fantastic
lies of Baalzebub’s miraculous powers; but Israelites
who should know better, risk death when they play
the same game.
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help…
(Isaiah 31:1).
Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in
man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart
departs from the Lord. (Jeremiah 17:5).
Beelzebub might be allowed to lie to his Ekronites,
who often come away with fantastic tales of his
miraculous feats, but Israelites who walk that path
risk disaster.
Not everybody dies from the deadly disease that
apparently kills them. Some die from the places
they visit, seeking help. Mind the places you go to
seek help in the days of your troubles. When some
king crashes to death from his high places, let
ignorant newspapers say what they may. The
prophet knows why.

You will succeed in Jesus Name!

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