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And he went up to him, and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. And he said to him, O man of God, the king says, Come down. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>Elijah replied to the captain of fifty, If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty. Then fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>So he again sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he said to him, O man of God, thus says the king, Come down quickly. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>Elijah replied to them, If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty. Then the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>So he again sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. When the third captain of fifty went up, he came and bowed down on his knees before Elijah, and begged him and said to him, O man of God, please let my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your sight. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>Behold fire came down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my life be precious in your sight. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>The angel of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> said to Elijah, Go down with him; do not be afraid of him. So he arose and went down with him to the king. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>Then he said to him, Thus says the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekronis it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His word?therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>Jehoram Reigns over Israel</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>So Ahaziah died according to the word of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> which Elijah had spoken. And because he had no son, Jehoram became king in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/1-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the king'sent 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he sent to him a captain of fifty, and the fifty men that were under him. And he went up to him, and as he was sitting on the top of a hill, said to him: Man of God, the king hath commanded that thou come down. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/2_kings/1.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold, he sat on the top of the mount. And he spoke to him: Man of God, the king says, Come down!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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 the hill. And he spake unto him, O man of God, the king hath said, Come down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and behold, he sat on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then [the king] sent a captain of fifty with his fifty to him. He went up to him; and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to him, "Man of God, the king has said, 'Come down!'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.'<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_sin_of_those.htm">Whether the Sin of those who Crucified Christ was Most Grievous?</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Objection 1: It would seem that the sin of Christ's crucifiers was not the most grievous. Because the sin which has some excuse cannot be most grievous. But our Lord Himself excused the sin of His crucifiers when He said: "Father, forgive them: for they know not what they do" (Lk. 23:34). Therefore theirs was not the most grievous sin. Objection 2: Further, our Lord said to Pilate (Jn. 19:11): "He that hath delivered Me to thee hath the greater sin." But it was Pilate who caused Christ to be crucified <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_sin_of_those.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Saint Thomas Aquinas—</span><span class="citation2">Summa Theologica</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_it_is_lawful_to_14.htm">Whether it is Lawful to Curse an Irrational Creature?</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Objection 1: It would seem that it is unlawful to curse an irrational creature. Cursing would seem to be lawful chiefly in its relation to punishment. Now irrational creatures are not competent subjects either of guilt or of punishment. Therefore it is unlawful to curse them. Objection 2: Further, in an irrational creature there is nothing but the nature which God made. But it is unlawful to curse this even in the devil, as stated above [2960](A[1]). Therefore it is nowise lawful to curse an irrational <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_it_is_lawful_to_14.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Saint Thomas Aquinas—</span><span class="citation2">Summa Theologica</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lardner/a_vindication_of_three_of_our_blessed_saviours_miracles/answer_to_the_jewish_rabbys.htm">Answer to the Jewish Rabby's Letter. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">WE Are now come to the letter of Mr. W's Jewish Rabby, whom Mr. W. calls his friend, and says his letter consists of calm and sedate reasoning, p. 55. I on the other hand can see no reason in it. But the reader than not need to rely upon my judgment. Therefore I will transcribe some parts of it, and then make some remarks. The argument of the letter is, that the story of Lazarus's being raised is an imposture; or else the Jews could not have been so wicked, as to be on that account provoked against <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lardner/a_vindication_of_three_of_our_blessed_saviours_miracles/answer_to_the_jewish_rabbys.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Nathaniel Lardner—</span><span class="citation2">A Vindication of Three of Our Blessed Saviour's Miracles</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/doddridge/the_rise_and_progress_of_religion_in_the_soul/chapter_xii_an_address_to.htm">An Address to a Soul So Overwhelmed with a Sense of the Greatness of Its Sins, that it Dares not Apply Itself to Christ with Any</a><br></span><span class="snippet">1-4. The case described at large.--5. As it frequently occurs.--6. Granting all that the dejected soul charges on itself.--7. The invitations and promises of Christ give hope.--8. The reader urged, under all his burdens and fears, to an humble application to him. Which is accordingly exemplified in the concluding Reflection and Prayer. 1. I have now done with those unhappy creatures who despise the Gospel, and with those who neglect it. With pleasure do I now turn myself to those who will hear me <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/doddridge/the_rise_and_progress_of_religion_in_the_soul/chapter_xii_an_address_to.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Philip Doddridge—</span><span class="citation2">The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/section_v_scriptures_showing_the.htm">Scriptures Showing the Sin and Danger of Joining with Wicked and Ungodly Men. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">Scriptures Showing The Sin And Danger Of Joining With Wicked And Ungodly Men. When the Lord is punishing such a people against whom he hath a controversy, and a notable controversy, every one that is found shall be thrust through: and every one joined with them shall fall, Isa. xiii. 15. They partake in their judgment, not only because in a common calamity all shares, (as in Ezek. xxi. 3.) but chiefly because joined with and partakers with these whom God is pursuing; even as the strangers that join <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/section_v_scriptures_showing_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Hugh Binning—</span><span class="citation2">The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_acts_of_the_apostles/lesson_27_ephesus.htm">Ephesus</a><br></span><span class="snippet">While Apollos was preaching at Corinth, Paul fulfilled his promise to return to Ephesus. He had made a brief visit to Jerusalem and had spent some time at Antioch, the scene of his early labors. Thence he traveled through Asia Minor, "over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia" (Acts 18:23), visiting the churches which he himself had established, and strengthening the faith of the believers. In the time of the apostles the western portion of Asia Minor was known as the Roman province of Asia. Ephesus, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_acts_of_the_apostles/lesson_27_ephesus.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ellen Gould White—</span><span class="citation2">The Acts of the Apostles</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_7/chapter_ithe_assyrian_revival_and.htm">The Assyrian Revival and the Struggle for Syria</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Assur-nazir-pal (885-860) and Shalmaneser III. (860-825)--The kingdom of Urartu and its conquering princes: Menuas and Argistis. Assyria was the first to reappear on the scene of action. Less hampered by an ancient past than Egypt and Chaldaea, she was the sooner able to recover her strength after any disastrous crisis, and to assume again the offensive along the whole of her frontier line. Image Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a bas-relief at Koyunjik of the time of Sennacherib. The initial cut, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_7/chapter_ithe_assyrian_revival_and.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">G. Maspero—</span><span class="citation2">History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 7</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bayly/the_practice_of_piety/a_prayer_when_one_begins.htm">A Prayer when one Begins to be Sick. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">O most righteous Judge, yet in Jesus Christ my gracious Father! I, wretched sinner, do here return unto thee, though driven with pain and sickness, like the prodigal child with want and hunger. I acknowledge that this sickness and pain comes not by blind chance or fortune, but by thy divine providence and special appointment. It is the stroke of thy heavy hand, which my sins have justly deserved; and the things that I feared are now fallen upon me (Job iii. 25.) Yet do I well perceive that in wrath <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bayly/the_practice_of_piety/a_prayer_when_one_begins.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Lewis Bayly—</span><span class="citation2">The Practice of Piety</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/kings.htm">Kings</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The book[1] of Kings is strikingly unlike any modern historical narrative. Its comparative brevity, its curious perspective, and-with some brilliant exceptions--its relative monotony, are obvious to the most cursory perusal, and to understand these things is, in large measure, to understand the book. It covers a period of no less than four centuries. Beginning with the death of David and the accession of Solomon (1 Kings i., ii.) it traverses his reign with considerable fulness (1 Kings iii.-xi.), <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/kings.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Edgar McFadyen—</span><span class="citation2">Introduction to the Old Testament</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/1-9.htm">2 Kings 1:9 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/2_kings/1-9.htm">2 Kings 1:9 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/2_kings/1-9.htm">2 Kings 1:9 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/2_kings/1-9.htm">2 Kings 1:9 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/2_kings/1-9.htm">2 Kings 1:9 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/1-9.htm">2 Kings 1:9 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/2_kings/1-9.htm">2 Kings 1:9 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_kings/1-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 1:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 1:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_kings/1-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 1:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 1:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/2_kings/1-9.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>