1:11 The king ³  sent another captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. He went up and told him, ⁴  “Prophet, this is what the king says, ‘Come down at once!’” ⁵  1:12 Elijah replied to them, ⁶  “If I am indeed a prophet, may fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty soldiers!” Fire from God ⁷  came down from the sky and consumed him and his fifty soldiers.

1:13 The king ⁸  sent a third captain and his fifty soldiers. This third captain went up and fell ⁹  on his knees before Elijah. He begged for mercy, “Prophet, please have respect for my life and for the lives of these fifty servants of yours. 1:14 Indeed, ¹⁰  fire came down from the sky and consumed the two captains who came before me, along with their men. ¹¹  So now, please have respect for my life.” 1:15 The Lord’s angelic messenger said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Don’t be afraid of him.” So he got up and went down ¹²  with him to the king.