2Ki 1:10 | NETfull | STEP | Elijah replied to the captain, “If I am indeed a prophet, may fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty soldiers!” Fire then came down from the sky and consumed him and his fifty soldiers.

2 Kings 1:10

10 Elijah replied to the captain, ^{▼▼ Heb “answered and said to the officer of fifty.”} “If I am indeed a prophet, may fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty soldiers!” Fire then came down ^{▼▼ Wordplay contributes to the irony here. The king tells Elijah to “come down” (Hebrew יָרַד, yarad), but Elijah calls fire down (יָרַד) on the arrogant king’s officer.} from the sky and consumed him and his fifty soldiers.