2Ki 1:2 | NETfull | STEP | 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.”

2 Kings 1:2

2 Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria ^{▼▼ For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.} and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders, ^{▼▼ Heb “and he sent messengers and said to them.”} “Go, ask ^{▼▼ That is, “seek an oracle from.”} Baal Zebub, ^{▼▼ Apparently Baal Zebub refers to a local manifestation of the god Baal at the Philistine city of Ekron. The name appears to mean “Lord of the Flies,” but it may be a deliberate scribal corruption of Baal Zebul, “Baal, the Prince,” a title known from the Ugaritic texts. For further discussion and bibliography, see HALOT 261 s.v. זְבוּב בַּעַל and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 25.} the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury.”