2 Kings 1:10 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 1:10

Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

KJV

And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

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Commentary

4 voices

Caesarius of Arles

SERMON 125.2 (542)

Now if you consider well, dearly beloved, you will realize that not only the Jewish people fell through pride, but also those two captains perished from the same weakness. With great pride and arrogance but lacking any humility, the latter came to blessed Elijah and …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Let fire, &c. - Elijah did this, not to secure himself, he could have done that some other way: nor to revenge himself, for it was not his own cause that he acted in: but to prove his mission, and to reveal the wrath of God from heaven against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Concerning the work of my hands, command you me, Isa. xiv. What an interest heaven had in the prophets! God was always ready to plead their cause, and avenge the injuries done to them; kings shall still be rebuked for their sakes, and charged to do his prophets no harm; one Elijah is more to God than 10,000 captains and their fifties.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And there came down fire - Some have blamed the prophet for destroying these men, by bringing down fire from heaven upon them. But they do not consider that it was no more possible for Elijah to bring down fire from heaven, than for them to do it. God alone could send the fire; and as he is just and good, he would not have destroyed these men had there not been a sufficient cause to justify the act.

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּעֲנֶ֣ה	vai.ya.'a.Neh	and he answered	H6030 →
אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ	'e.li.Ya.hu	Elijah	H452 →
וַיְדַבֵּר֮	vay.da.Ber	and he spoke	H1696 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
שַׂ֣ר	sar	[the] commander of	H8269 →
הַחֲמִשִּׁים֒	ha.cha.mi.Shim	the fifty	H2572 →
וְאִם־	ve.'im-	and if	H518 →
אִ֤ישׁ	'ish	[am] a man of	H376 →
אֱלֹהִים֙	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
אָ֔נִי	'A.ni	I	H589 →
תֵּ֤רֶד	Te.red	let it come down	H3381 →
אֵשׁ֙	'esh	fire	H784 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4480 →
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם	ha.sha.Ma.yim	the heavens	H8064 →
וְתֹאכַ֥ל	ve.to.Khal	and let it consume	H398 →
אֹתְךָ֖	'o.te.Kha	<obj.> you	H853 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
חֲמִשֶּׁ֑יךָ	cha.mi.Shei.kha	fifty [men] your	H2572 →
וַתֵּ֤רֶד	va.Te.red	and it came down	H3381 →
אֵשׁ֙	'esh	fire	H784 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4480 →
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם	ha.sha.Ma.yim	the heavens	H8064 →
וַתֹּ֥אכַל	va.To.khal	and it consumed	H398 →
אֹת֖וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> him	H853 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
חֲמִשָּֽׁיו׃	cha.mi.Shav	fifty [men] his	H2572 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Daniel 3:25
“Look!” he exclaimed. “I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!”
leads to
- Isaiah 43:2
  When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched;…
- Acts 28:5
  But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.
- Mark 16:18
  they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”
- Psalms 91:3–9
  Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.
- Psalms 34:7
  The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
Through
Luke 9:54
When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”
leads to
- 2 Kings 1:10–14
  Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain…
- James 3:14–18
  But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
- James 1:19–20
  My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,