2 Kings 1:10

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

2 Kings 3:14

3:14 Elisha said, “As certainly as the Lord who rules over all ³  lives (whom I serve), ⁴  if I did not respect King Jehoshaphat of Judah, ⁵  I would not pay attention to you or acknowledge you. ⁶ 

[1:10]  ¹ tn Heb “answered and said to the officer of fifty.”

[1:10]  ² tn 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.

[3:14]  ³ tn Traditionally “the Lord of hosts.”

[3:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

[3:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “if I did not lift up the face of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah.”

[3:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “I would not look at you or see you.”