2 Kings 1:8-10

Good News Translation

^8 (A)“He was wearing a cloak made of animal skins, tied with^[a] a leather belt,” they answered.

“It's Elijah!” the king exclaimed.

⁹ Then he sent an officer with fifty men to get Elijah. The officer found him sitting on a hill and said to him, “Man of God, the king orders you to come down.”

^10 (B)“If I am a man of God,” Elijah answered, “may fire come down from heaven and kill you and your men!” At once fire came down and killed the officer and his men.