2 Kings 1:12

New American Bible - revised edition

Elijah answered them, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And divine fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:38

The Lord’s fire came down and devoured the burnt offering, wood, stones, and dust, and lapped up the water in the trench.

2 Kings 1:11

The king sent another captain with his company of fifty men after Elijah. He shouted up and said, “Man of God, the king says, ‘Come down immediately!’”

2 Kings 1:13

The king sent a third captain with his company of fifty men. When the third captain had climbed the hill, he fell to his knees before Elijah, pleading with him. He said, “Man of God, let my life and the lives of these fifty men, your servants, count for something in your sight!

Job 1:16

He was still speaking when another came and said, “God’s fire has fallen from heaven and struck the sheep and the servants and consumed them; I alone have escaped to tell you.”

Leviticus 10:2

Fire therefore came forth from the Lord’s presence and consumed them, so that they died in the Lord’s presence.