9Then the king sent a captain of fifty with his fifty to him. He went up to him; and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to him, |Man of God, the king has said, 'Come down!'|


In Context

6 They said to him, |A man came up to meet us, and said to us, 'Go, return to the king who sent you, and tell him, |Thus says Yahweh, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.'|'|

7 He said to them, |What kind of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?|

8 They answered him, |He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist.| He said, |It is Elijah the Tishbite.|

9 Then the king sent a captain of fifty with his fifty to him. He went up to him; and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to him, |Man of God, the king has said, 'Come down!'|

10 Elijah answered to the captain of fifty, |If I am a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty!| Fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.

11 Again he sent to him another captain of fifty and his fifty. He answered him, |Man of God, the king has said, 'Come down quickly!'|

2 Kings 1:9 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:9Then 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!' "

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:9Then 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9And he sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold, he sat on the top of the mount. And he spoke to him: Man of God, the king says, Come down!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:9And he sent to him a captain of fifty, and the fifty men that were under him. And he went up to him, and as he was sitting on the top of a hill, said to him: Man of God, the king hath commanded that thou come down.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:9Then the king'sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. And he spake unto him, O man of God, the king hath said, Come down.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:9Then 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 the hill. And he spake unto him, O man of God, the king hath said, Come down.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and behold, he sat on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9And he sendeth unto him a head of fifty and his fifty, and he goeth up unto him (and lo, he is sitting on the top of the hill), and he speaketh unto him, 'O man of God, the king hath spoken, Come down.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:9Then the king sent to 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 spoke to him, You man of God, the king has said, Come down.