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2Ki 1:10 (KJV) — And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

2Ki 1:10 (NASB) — Elijah replied to the captain of fifty, "If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty." Then fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

Phrase from KJV (Help)		Correlating Verses

If I be a man	2Ki 2:23,24; Num 16:28-30; 1Ki 18:36-38; 1Ki 22:28; 2Ch 36:16; Psa 105:15; Mat 21:41; Mat 23:34-37; Act 5:3-10
let fire	Or, rather, as the original literally imports, and the LXX. render, [katabesetai pyr] fire shall come down; Elijah's words being simply declarative, and not imprecatory. Num 11:1; Num 16:35; Job 1:16; Psa 106:18; Luk 9:54; Hbr 12:29; Rev 11:5
consumed	Dan 3:22,25; Dan 6:24; Act 12:19