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8 Like Father, Like Son ‘Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die (2 Kings 1:16). ******** W hoever said, “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” must have had the succession of kings in Israel in mind. After the death of Ahab, the most evil of the seven who ruled the northern tribes, his son Ahaziah took the throne. Ungodly like the others, he served for only two years before facing an untimely death. As we move along in the work of Elijah and examine our central text for this chapter (2 Kings 1), let’s first look at a freak affliction that occurred in the life of Ahaziah.While hanging out at his palace in Samaria, he fell through a lattice, which must have been some type of wooden structure connected to an upper room window. However serious, when the leader of a country falls, it’s cause for concern. Just days before I’m writing these words, our president stumbled while attending and speaking at the graduation at one of our military academies. Fortunately, he was

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