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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Interpretation
This verse continues the thought already in view and fits the wider themes of prophetic witness and judgment in 2 Kings.
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This thought runs through 2 Kings 1:9-12.