Devine Scripture

2 Kings 1:9

2 Kings chapter 1 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.8And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

v.9This passage

v.10And 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 26:68

    saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ: who is he that struck thee?

  • 1 Kings 18:10

    As Jehovah thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

  • Mark 15:29

    And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

  • Luke 6:11

    But they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.

  • Matthew 27:29

    And they platted a crown of thorns and put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

  • Matthew 27:41

    In like manner also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,