Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover of this sickness.” But Yahweh’s angel said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?
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A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'Beelzebul' (10:25) derives from Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron whom Ahaziah consults. The name of the rejected foreign deity becomes the slander hurled at 'the master of the house'; the disciples should expect the same naming, 'how much more those of his household.'
High confidenceBeelzebul/Baal-zebub, 'the god of Ekron' whom Ahaziah consults; the demonic name the Pharisees use derives from this Philistine deity, recast as 'prince of the demons.' Source of the loaded name.
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