KJV ORIGINAL
And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Elijah answered them, 'If I am truly a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and destroy you and your fifty men.' And God's fire came down from heaven and destroyed the captain and all his fifty soldiers.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God demonstrates His power through Elijah by sending fire from heaven to defend His prophet against those who came to arrest him.
📚 Historical Context
This event occurred during the reign of King Ahaziah of Israel, who had been injured and sent soldiers to arrest the prophet Elijah. This was the second group of fifty soldiers sent - the first group had also been consumed by fire when their captain showed the same disrespectful attitude toward God's prophet.
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