^1:11The king²⁴ sent another captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. He went up and told him,²⁵ “Prophet, this is what the king says, ‘Come down at once!’ ”²⁶

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Footnotes

24 Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
25 The reads, “he answered and said to him.” The verb “he answered” (וַיַּעַן, vayya’an) is probably a corruption of “he went up” (וַיַּעַל, vayya’al). See v. 9.
26 In this second panel of the three-paneled narrative, the king and his captain are more arrogant than before. The captain uses a more official sounding introduction (“this is what the king says”) and the king adds “at once” to the command.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Again the king sent to him another captain of fifty men with his fifty. And he answered and said to him, “O man of God, this is the king’s order, ‘Come down quickly!’ ”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

At this the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. The captain said to him, “Man of God, this is what the king says, ‘Come down at once!’ ”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

So the king sent another captain with fifty men. The captain said to him, “Man of God, the king demands that you come down at once.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So he again sent another commander of fifty and his fifty men. He answered and said to him, “O man of God, thus says the king, ‘Come down quickly!’ ”

KJV 1900King James Version

Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.

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