2 Kings 1:9 - Tree of Life Version

⁹ So the king sent a captain of 50 with his 50 to Elijah. When the captain went up to him, behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. So he announced to him, “O man of God, by order of the king, come down!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Then the king sent to Elijah a captain of fifty men with his fifty [to seize him]. He found Elijah sitting on a hilltop and said, Man of God, the king says, Come down.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Then 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.

Common English Bible

⁹ So Ahaziah sent out a commander with fifty soldiers. The commander met up with Elijah while he was sitting on a hilltop. The commander said, “Man of God, the king says, ‘Come down!’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And he sent to him a leader of fifty, with the fifty who were under him. And he ascended to him, sitting at the top of a hill, and he said, "Man of God, the king commanded that you should descend."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And 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.

2 Kings 1:9 Cross References

1 Kings 17:18

So she said to Elijah, “What do I have to do with you, man of God? Have you come to me to remind me of my sin and kill my son?”

1 Kings 18:10

As Adonai your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent to search for you; and when they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they could not find you.

1 Kings 18:4

for when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of Adonai, Obadiah took 100 prophets, hid them 50 to a cave, and provided them with bread and water.

1 Kings 18:42

So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah went up to the top of Carmel, crouched on the ground and put his face between his knees.

1 Kings 19:2

Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying, “So let the gods do to me and worse if by this time tomorrow I don’t make your life like the life of one of them.”

1 Kings 22:8

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Yes, there is still one by whom we may inquire of Adonai—Micaiah son of Imlah—but I hate him, because he never prophesies good concerning me, only evil.” But Jehoshaphat said, “May the king not say so!”

2 Kings 2:25

From there he went to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

2 Kings 4:25

So she set out and came near the man of God at Mount Carmel. Upon seeing her from a distance, the man of God said to his servant Gehazi, “Look! There’s the Shunammite.

Jeremiah 35:4

and I brought them into the House of Adonai to the chamber of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah the man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum, the doorkeeper.

Amos 7:12

Then Amaziah said to Amos: “Seer, go away! Flee back to the land of Judah. Eat bread there, and prophesy there.

Matthew 14:3

For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip,

Matthew 26:68

“Prophesy to us, you Messiah! Which one hit You?”

Matthew 27:29

And after braiding a crown of thorns, they placed it on His head and put a staff in His right hand. And falling on their knees before Him, they mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Mark 15:29

Those passing by were jeering at Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Ha! You who are going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days,

Mark 15:32

Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down now from the stake, so we may see and believe!” Even those executed with Him were ridiculing Him.

Luke 9:54

When His disciples Jacob and John saw this, they said, “Master, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”

Hebrews 11:36

Others experienced the trial of mocking and scourging—yes, and even chains and prison.

1 Samuel 19:21

When Saul was told, he sent other agents and they too prophesied. Then Saul sent a third group of messengers, and they too prophesied.