And they said unto him, He was an [a]hairy man, and girded with a girdle of leather about his loins. Then said he, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

Therefore the King sent unto him a captain over fifty with his fifty men, who went up unto him: for behold, he sat on the top [b]of a mountain, and he said unto him, O man of God, the king hath commanded that thou come down.

10 But Elijah answered, and said to the captain over the fifty, If that I be a man of God, let fire come down from the heaven, and devour thee and thy fifty. [c]So fire came down from the heaven and devoured him and his fifty.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 1:8 Some think that this is meant of his garments, which were rough and made of hair.
  2. 2 Kings 1:9 To wit, Carmel.
  3. 2 Kings 1:10 He declareth what power God’s word hath in the mouth of his servants, when they threaten God’s judgments against the wicked.

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.”

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.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 1:8 Or He was a hairy man