2 Kings 1:10

New International Reader's Version

Elijah answered the captain, “If I’m really a man of God, may fire come down from heaven! May it burn up you and your 50 men!” Then fire came down from heaven. It burned up the captain and his men.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:28

Micaiah announced, “Do you really think you will return safely? If you do, the Lord hasn’t spoken through me.” He continued, “All of you people, remember what I’ve said!”

2 Kings 1:11

After that happened, the king sent another captain to Elijah. The captain had his 50 men with him. He said to Elijah, “Man of God, the king says, ‘Come down at once!’ ”

2 Chronicles 36:16

But God’s people made fun of his messengers. They hated his words. They laughed at his prophets. Finally the Lord’s great anger was stirred up against his people. Nothing could save them.

Job 1:16

While he was still speaking, a second messenger came. He said, “God sent lightning from the sky. It struck the sheep and killed them. It burned up some of the servants. I’m the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

Psalm 105:15

He said to them, “Do not touch my anointed ones. Do not harm my prophets.”

Psalm 106:18

Fire blazed among all of them. Flames destroyed those evil people.

Daniel 3:22

The king’s command was carried out quickly. The furnace was so hot that its flames killed the soldiers who threw Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego into it.

Daniel 3:25

The king said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire. They aren’t tied up. And the fire hasn’t even harmed them. The fourth man looks like a son of the gods.”

Daniel 6:24

Then the king gave another order. The men who had said bad things about Daniel were brought in. They were thrown into the lions’ den. So were their wives and children. Before they hit the bottom of the den, the lions attacked them. And the lions crushed all their bones.

Leviticus 10:2

So the Lord sent fire on them. It burned them up. They died in front of the Lord.

Numbers 11:1

The people weren’t happy about the hard times they were having. The Lord heard what they were saying. It made him very angry. Then the Lord sent fire on them. It blazed out among the people. It burned up some of the outer edges of the camp.

Numbers 16:35

Then the Lord sent down fire. It burned up the 250 men offering the incense.

Matthew 21:41

“He will destroy those evil people,” they replied. “Then he will rent the vineyard out to other renters. They will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.”

Luke 9:54

The disciples James and John saw this. They asked, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to destroy them?”

Acts 12:19

So Herod had them look everywhere for Peter. But they didn’t find him. Then Herod questioned the guards closely. He ordered that they be put to death. Then Herod went from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

Hebrews 12:29

Our “God is like a fire that burns everything up.” (Deuteronomy 4:24)

Revelation 11:5

If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and eats up their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die.