2 Kings 1:9 “Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty m…”

2 Kings 1:9

Then 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!’”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.

World English Bible

Then the king sent a captain of fifty with his fifty to him. He went up to him; and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to him, “Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down!’”

American Standard Version

Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. And he spake unto him, O man of God, the king hath said, Come down.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore the King sent vnto him a captaine ouer fiftie with his fiftie men, who went vp vnto him: for beholde, he sate on the toppe of a mountaine, and he saide vnto him, O man of God, the King hath commanded that thou come downe.

Darby Translation

And he sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold, he sat on the top of the mount. And he spoke to him: Man of God, the king says, Come down!

Young's Literal Translation

And he sendeth unto him a head of fifty and his fifty, and he goeth up unto him (and lo, he is sitting on the top of the hill), and he speaketh unto him, 'O man of God, the king hath spoken, Come down.'

Bible in Basic English

Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men; and he went up to him where he was seated on the top of a hill, and said to him, O man of God, the king has said, Come down.

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Cross references

“sent unto”

1 Kings 18:4 1 Kings 18:10 1 Kings 19:2 1 Kings 22:8 Matthew 14:3 2 Kings 6:13

1 Kings 18:4 · BSB

for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

1 Kings 18:10 · BSB

As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you…

1 Kings 19:2 · BSB

So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!”

1 Kings 22:8 · BSB

The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should n…

Matthew 14:3 · BSB

Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

2 Kings 6:13 · BSB

So the king said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send men to capture him.” On receiving the report, “Elisha is in Dothan,”

“he sat”

1 Kings 18:42 Luke 6:11 Luke 6:12

1 Kings 18:42 · BSB

So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.

Luke 6:11 · BSB

But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with rage and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.

Luke 6:12 · BSB

In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.

“Thou man”

Hebrews 11:36 Amos 7:12 Matthew 26:68 Matthew 27:29 Matthew 27:41–43 Mark 15:29

Hebrews 11:36 · BSB

Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

Amos 7:12 · BSB

And Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.

Matthew 26:68 · BSB

and said, “Prophesy to us, Christ! Who hit You?”

Matthew 27:29 · BSB

And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand, knelt down before Him, and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Matthew 27:41–43 · BSB

In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying,

Mark 15:29 · BSB

And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

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

In context

8“He was a hairy man, ” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.

10Elijah 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.

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