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The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, “Why is it that you have returned?”

2 Kings 1:5 · WEB

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ગુજરાતી2 રાજાઓ ૧:૫
જયારે સંદેશાવાહકો અહાઝયાહ પાસે પાછા આવ્યા ત્યારે તેણે તેઓને પૂછ્યું, “શા માટે તમે પાછા આવ્યા?”
हिन्दी2 राजाओं १:५
जब अहज्याह के दूत उसके पास लौट आए, तब उसने उनसे पूछा, “तुम क्यों लौट आए हो?”

In context

3But the LORD’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?

4Now therefore the LORD says, “You will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.”’” Then Elijah departed.

5The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, “Why is it that you have returned?”

6They said to him, “A man came up to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you, and tell him, “The LORD says, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.’”’”

7He said to them, “What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and told you these words?”

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