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2 Kings 1:8-10
Contemporary English Version
2 Kings 1:8-10
Contemporary English Version
8 (A) “He was hairy[a] and had a leather belt around his waist,” they answered.
“It must be Elijah!” replied Ahaziah. 9 So at once he sent an army officer and 50 soldiers to meet Elijah.
Elijah was sitting on top of a hill[b] at the time. The officer went up to him and said, “Man of God,[c] the king orders you to come down and talk with him.”
10 (B) “If I am a man of God,” Elijah answered, “God will send down fire on you and your 50 soldiers.” Fire immediately came down from heaven and burned up the officer and his men.
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2 Kings 1:8-10
New International Version
2 Kings 1:8-10
New International Version
8 They replied, “He had a garment of hair[a](A) and had a leather belt around his waist.”
The king said, “That was Elijah the Tishbite.”
9 Then he sent(B) to Elijah a captain(C) with his company of fifty men. The captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king says, ‘Come down!’”
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!” Then fire(D) fell from heaven and consumed the captain and his men.
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 1:8 Or He was a hairy man
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