2 Kings 1:12-14
1599 Geneva Bible
12 But Elijah answered, and said unto them, [a]If I be a man of God, let fire come down from the heaven and devour thee and thy fifty. So fire came down from the heaven, and devoured him and his fifty.
13 ¶ Yet again he sent the third captain over fifty with his fifty. And the third captain over fifty went up, and came, and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my [b]life and the life of these thy fifty servants be [c]precious in thy sight.
14 Behold, there came fire down from the heaven, and devoured the two former captains over fifty with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
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- 2 Kings 1:12 Meaning, that God would show by effect whether he was a true Prophet or not.
- 2 Kings 1:13 Which humble myself before God and his servant.
- 2 Kings 1:13 That is, spare my life, and let me not die as the other two.
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