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2 Kings 1:8-10
International Standard Version
2 Kings 1:8-10
International Standard Version
8 They answered, “The man was a hairy fellow. He wore a leather sash around his waist.”
The king[a] responded, “It’s Elijah, that foreigner!”[b]
Fire from Heaven Destroys the King’s Henchmen
9 So the king sent out 50 men, along with their leader.[c] The leader[d] approached Elijah, who was sitting at the top of a hill. He ordered Elijah,[e] “Hey, man of God! The king orders you to come down!”
10 Elijah responded to the leader who was in charge of the 50 soldiers, “So I’m a man of God, am I? If so, may fire[f] fall from heaven and devour you and your 50 soldiers…”[g] Just then, fire fell from heaven and devoured that leader and his 50 soldiers.[h]
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- 2 Kings 1:8 Lit. He
- 2 Kings 1:8 Lit. Elijah the Tishbite; or Elijah, the sojourner
- 2 Kings 1:9 Lit. a captain of fifty; and so through v. 14; modern equivalent to a Second Lieutenant commanding a platoon of four twelve-member squads
- 2 Kings 1:9 Lit. He
- 2 Kings 1:9 Lit. him
- 2 Kings 1:10 MT word fire sounds like MT word man
- 2 Kings 1:10 The Heb. lacks soldiers
- 2 Kings 1:10 The Heb. lacks soldiers
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