2 Kings 1:9

2 Kings 1:9 in other translations

2 Kings 1:9 in context

1. 7He said to them, “What kind of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?”
2. 8They answered him, “He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist.”
   He said, “It’s Elijah the Tishbite.”
3. 9Then 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!’ ”
4. 10Elijah 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.
5. 11Again he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. He answered him, “Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down quickly!’ ”