2 Kings 1:4

Now therefore thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

Cross-references

2 Kings 1:6 Parallel

2 Kings 1:6 gives the parallel account of the same message delivered by the messengers to Ahaziah.

2 Kings 1:16 has Elijah himself repeating the same judgment directly to the king, confirming the earlier word.

1 Samuel 28:19 prophesies Saul's death for his sin, just as Ahaziah is told he will die—both kings receive a divine death sentence.

Genesis 2:17 uses the same 'you shall surely die' formula for disobedience, mirroring the divine death sentence here.

Numbers 26:65 records God's sentence that the wilderness generation would die for unbelief, similar to Ahaziah's death sentence.

Ezekiel 18:4 states the principle that the soul who sins shall die—the general truth underlying the specific death sentence pronounced here.