^1:9The king¹⁶ sent a captain and his fifty soldiers¹⁷ to retrieve Elijah.¹⁸ The captain¹⁹ went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill.²⁰ He told him, “Prophet,²¹ the king says, ‘Come down!’ ”

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Footnotes

16 Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
17 Heb “officer of fifty and his fifty.”
18 Heb “to him.”
19 Heb “he”; the referent (the captain) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
20 The prophet Elijah’s position on the top of the hill symbolizes his superiority to the king and his messengers.
21 Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 10, 11, 12, 13).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty men with his fifty. He went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, “O man of God, the king says, ‘Come down.’ ”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then he sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. The captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king says, ‘Come down!’ ”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

Then he sent an army captain with fifty soldiers to arrest him. They found him sitting on top of a hill. The captain said to him, “Man of God, the king has commanded you to come down with us.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So Ahaziah sent to him the commander of fifty with his fifty men, and he went up to him while he was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to him, “O man of God, the king says, ‘Come down.’ ”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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