Indeed,<n id="1" /> fire came down from the sky and consumed the two captains who came before me, along with their men.<n id="2" /> So now, please have respect for my life.&#8221;

&#8220;Please, <sc>Lordsc>. Remember how I have served you<n id="1" /> faithfully and with wholehearted devotion,<n id="2" /> and how I have carried out your will.&#8221;<n id="3" /> Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The king<n id="1" /> sent a third captain and his fifty soldiers. This third captain went up and fell<n id="2" /> on his knees before Elijah. He begged for mercy, &#8220;Prophet, please have respect for my life and for the lives of these fifty servants of yours.

An officer who was the king&#8217;s right-hand man<n id="1" /> responded to the prophet,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Look, even if the <sc>Lordsc> made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?&#8221;<n id="3" /> Elisha<n id="4" /> said, &#8220;Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

But the officer replied to the prophet, &#8220;Look, even if the <sc>Lordsc> made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?&#8221;<n id="1" /> Elisha<n id="2" /> said, &#8220;Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!&#8221;<n id="3" />

So the palace supervisor,<n id="1" /> the city commissioner,<n id="2" /> the leaders,<n id="3" /> and the guardians sent this message to Jehu, &#8220;We are your subjects!<n id="4" /> Whatever you say, we will do. We will not make anyone king. Do what you consider proper.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>