the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 13 ¶ And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of 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 life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, fbe precious in thy sight. Fell on his knees, and besought him; expressing both, reverence to his person, and a belief of his power, and a dread of God’s judgments.