2 Kings 1:9

KJV

Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.

— 2 Kings 1:9, King James Version
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Context

This verse from 2 Kings Chapter 1 connects to 10 cross-references. Ahaziah king of Israel, injured in a fall, sends messengers to consult Baal-zebub the god of Ekron; Elijah intercepts them with a message of death. Ahaziah sends three companies of fifty soldiers to bring Elijah; fire from heaven consumes the …

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Other Translations

ASV

Thenthe kingsent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. And he spake unto him, O man of God, the king hath said, Come down.

YLT

And he sendeth unto him a head of fifty and his fifty, and he goeth up unto him (and lo, he is sitting on the top of the hill), and he speaketh unto him, `O man of God, the king hath spoken, Come down.'

BBE

Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men; and he went up to him where he was seated on the top of a hill, and said to him, O man of God, the king has said, Come down.

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