2 Kings 1:10 “Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down…”

2 Kings 1:10

Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

World English Bible

Elijah answered to the captain of fifty, “If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty!” Then fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.

American Standard Version

And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

Geneva Bible 1599

But Eliiah answered, and saide to the captaine ouer the fiftie, If that I be a man of God, let fire come downe from the heauen, and deuoure thee and thy fiftie. So fire came downe from the heauen and deuoured him and his fiftie.

Darby Translation

And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, And if I be a man of God, let fire come down from the heavens and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from the heavens, and consumed him and his fifty.

Young's Literal Translation

And Elijah answereth and speaketh unto the head of the fifty, 'And if I [am] a man of God, fire doth come down from the heavens, and consume thee and thy fifty;' and fire cometh down from the heavens, and consumeth him and his fifty.

Bible in Basic English

And Elijah in answer said to the captain of fifty, If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven on you and on your fifty men, and put an end to you. Then fire came down from heaven and put an end to him and his fifty men.

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Cross references

“If I be a man”

1 Kings 18:36–38 Numbers 16:28–30 1 Kings 22:28 2 Chronicles 36:16 Psalm 105:15 Matthew 21:41

1 Kings 18:36–38 · BSB

At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have…

Numbers 16:28–30 · BSB

Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things, for it was not my own doing:

1 Kings 22:28 · BSB

But Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”

2 Chronicles 36:16 · BSB

But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

Psalm 105:15 · BSB

“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”

Matthew 21:41 · BSB

“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”

“let fire”

Luke 9:54 Psalm 106:18 Hebrews 12:29 Job 1:16 Revelation 11:5 Numbers 16:35

Luke 9:54 · BSB

When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”

Psalm 106:18 · BSB

Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.

Hebrews 12:29 · BSB

“For our God is a consuming fire.”

Job 1:16 · BSB

While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

Revelation 11:5 · BSB

If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.

Numbers 16:35 · BSB

And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.

“consumed”

Daniel 3:25 Daniel 3:22 Daniel 6:24 Acts 12:19

Daniel 3:25 · BSB

“Look!” he exclaimed. “I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods! ”

Daniel 3:22 · BSB

The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the fiery flames killed the men who carried up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

Daniel 6:24 · BSB

At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they and their children and wives. And before they had reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered…

Acts 12:19 · BSB

After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”

11So the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. And the captain said to Elijah, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down at once!’”

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