2 Kings 1:9–16

⁹So King Ahaziah sent a captain of 50 with his 50 men ^mto Elijah. When the captain went up to him, he was sitting on top of the hill. He announced, “Man of God, ⁿthe king declares, ‘Come down!’ ”

¹⁰Elijah responded to the captain of the 50, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your 50 men.” Then fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his 50 men. ^o

¹¹So the king sent another captain of 50 with his 50 men to Elijah. He took in the situation ^pand announced, “Man of God, this is what the king says: ‘Come down immediately!’ ”

¹²Elijah responded, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your 50 men.” So a divine fire ^qcame down from heaven and consumed him and his 50 men.

¹³Then the king sent a third captain of 50 with his 50 men. The third captain of 50 went up and fell on his knees in front of Elijah and begged him, “Man of God, ^rplease let my life and the lives of these 50 servants of yours be precious in your sight. ^s14Already fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of 50 with their fifties, but this time let my life be precious in your sight.”

¹⁵The angel of the Lord ^tsaid to Elijah, “Go down with him. Don’t be afraid of him.” ^uSo he got up and went down with him to the king.

¹⁶Then Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron—is it because there is no God in Israel for you to inquire of His will?—you will not get up from your sickbed; you will certainly die.’ ”