2 Kings 1:10

“Elijah answered and spoke to the commander of the fifty, “And if I am a man of Elohim, let fire come down from the heavens and consume you and your fifty.” And fire came down from the heavens and consumed him and his fifty.”
2 Kings 1:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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Elijahאֵלִיָּהוּansweredוַיַּעֲנֶהand spokeוַיְדַבֵּרto the commanderאֶל שַׂרof the fifty,הַחֲמִשִּׁים“And ifוְאִםIאָנִיam a manאִישׁof Elohim,אֱלֹהִיםlet fireאֵשׁcome downתֵּרֶדfrom the heavensמִן הַשָּׁמַיִםand consumeוְתֹאכַלyouאֹתְךָand your fifty.”וְאֶת חֲמִשֶּׁיךָAnd fireוַ אֵשׁcame downתֵּרֶדfrom the heavensמִן הַשָּׁמַיִםand consumedוַתֹּאכַלhimאֹתוֹand his fifty.וְאֶת חֲמִשָּׁיו

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Both texts speak of bringing fire down from heaven to consume those who do not receive the one sent; in 2 Kings 1:10-12 Elijah does it.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

אֵשׁeshH784πῦρpyrG4442“fire”
תֵּרֶדteredH3381καταβῆναιkatabēnaiG2597“go down, descend”
שָּׁמַיִםshamayimH8064οὐρανοῦouranouG3772“heavens”

2 Kings 1:10, word by word

Elijahאֵלִיָּהוּeliyahu

Elijah

Elijah: a name meaning "my El is YHWH." It is the prophet from Gilead who confronted King Ahab and the worship of Baal (1 Kings 17–2 Kings 2); two other Israelites bear the same name (1 Chronicles 8:27; Ezra 10:21).

Where else “eliyahu” appears

answeredיַּעֲנֶהyaane

answer

To reply to what was said.

Where else “yaane” appears

and spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

Where else “yedaber” appears

to the commanderשַׂרsar

chief

Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.

Where else “sar” appears

of the fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim

fifty

Fifty.

Where else “chamishim” appears

am a manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “ish” appears

of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohim” appears

let fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

Where else “esh” appears

come downתֵּרֶדtered

go down

To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.

Where else “tered” appears

from the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

Where else “shamayim” appears

and consumeתֹאכַלtochal

devour

Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.

Where else “tochal” appears

The context

9He sent to him a commander of fifty with his fifty. He went up to him, and there he was, sitting on the top of the mountain. He spoke to him, “Man of Elohim, the king has spoken: ‘Come down.’”

10 · This verse (above)

11Again he sent to him another commander of fifty with his fifty. He answered and spoke to him, “Man of Elohim, thus says the king: ‘Come down quickly.’”

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