2 Kings 1:12 meaning and explanation

Again Elijah replied, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

2 Kings 1:12, Berean Standard Bible

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Ahaziah, king of Israel, has sent a second captain with fifty soldiers to arrest Elijah, repeating the first captain's demand to come down. Elijah answers with the same words as before, appealing to his identity as a man of God, and fire falls from heaven.

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