The land of Moab used the death of Ahab as an opportunity to rebel against Israel who had collected a yearly tribute from them. Ahab’s son Ahaziah succeeded him on the throne, but Ahaziah had
fallen from his upper room through the lattice.

Instead of seeking godly council or help from Elijah or Elisha this king who was indoctrinated with pagan philosophies and demonic worship sent messengers to a city of the Philistines 60 miles
away from Samaria to seek insight concerning his injury from Baal-Zebub. This is likely an intentional corruption of the name of the god Baal-Zebul which sarcastically transforms the god’s name from “Lord the Prince” (Baal-Zebul) to “Lord of the flies!” (Baal-Zebub). Consider Jezebel’s name. Ahaziah's mother's name was not Jezebub, but Jezebel, or Je-zebel, which meant, “Where is the prince?” and not “Where are the flies?” The biblical writers were likely scorning this god that they hated. (Consider the scorn Gideon meant when he changed his name to Jerub-baal to mock the
powerless threats of the priest of Baal in Judges 6:31-32 and 7:1, etc.)

Elijah intercepts the messengers and rebukes them and their king for not consulting the Lord,
and sends them back with an answer before they have a chance to reach Ekron. They are to
tell the son of Ahab and Jezebel, King Ahaziah, “You will not leave the bed you are lying on.
You will certainly die!”

“The human mind, has no more power of inventing a new value than of imagining a new primary color, or, indeed, of creating a new sun and a new sky for it to move in.”
– C.S. Lewis

The Two Kingdoms:
God’s and Satan’s

Type:
Light vs. Darkness
King:
Jesus  vs. Satan
Residents:
Believers vs. Unbelievers
Quality:
Abundance vs.  Lack
Servants:
Angels vs.Demons/Fallen An.
Character:
Love  vs. Selfishness
Time:
Eternal  vs. Temporal