2 Kings 1:10

1:10 Elijah replied to the captain, ¹  “If I am indeed a prophet, may fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty soldiers!” Fire then came down ²  from the sky and consumed him and his fifty soldiers.

2 Kings 1:14

1:14 Indeed, ³  fire came down from the sky and consumed the two captains who came before me, along with their men. ⁴  So now, please have respect for my life.”

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¹ tn Heb “answered and said to the officer of fifty.”

² tn Wordplay contributes to the irony here. The king tells Elijah to “come down” (Hebrew יָרַד, yarad), but Elijah calls fire down (יָרַד) on the arrogant king’s officer.

³ tn Heb “look.”

⁴ tn Heb “their fifty.”