2 Kings 1:9

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Then the king sent vnto him a captayne ouer fiftie, with his fiftie men: which came to him (and beholde he sat on the top of an hill) And he spake vnto him, Thou man of God, the king hath saide: come downe.

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  • 2 Kgs 6:13-14 : 13 He sayde: Go, and spie where he is, that I may sende and fet him. And one told him, saying: Behold, he is in Dothan. 14 Therefore sent he thyther horses and charets, and a mightie hoast: and they came by night, and compassed the citie about.
  • Amos 7:12 : 12 Also Amazia sayde to Amos, O thou the sear, Go, flee thou away into the lande of Iuda, and there eate thy bread, and prophecie there.
  • Matt 14:3 : 3 For Herode had taken Iohn, and bounde hym, and put hym in prison, for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wyfe.
  • Matt 26:68 : 68 Saying: prophecie vnto vs, O Christ, who is he that smote thee?
  • Matt 27:29 : 29 And platted a crowne of thornes, and put vppon his head, and a reede in his right hande, and bowed the knee before hym, and mocked hym, saying: Hayle kyng of the Iewes.
  • Matt 27:41-43 : 41 Lykewyse also the hye priestes, mockyng hym, with the scribes, and elders, and pharisees sayde: 42 He saued other, hym selfe can he not saue. If he be the kyng of Israel, let him nowe come downe from the crosse, and we wyll beleue hym. 43 He trusted in God, let hym delyuer hym nowe, yf he wyll haue hym: for he sayde, I am the sonne of God.
  • Mark 15:29 : 29 And they that went by, rayled on him, wagging their heades, and saying: A wretche, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three dayes,
  • Mark 15:32 : 32 Let Christe the kyng of Israel descende nowe from the crosse, that we may see, and beleue. And they that were crucified with hym, checked hym also.
  • Luke 6:11-12 : 11 And they were fylled with madnesse, and communed together among them selues, what they myght do to Iesus. 12 And it came to passe in those dayes, yt he wet out into a mountayne to pray, & continued all nyght in prayer to God.
  • Heb 11:36 : 36 And others were tryed with mockynges, and scourgynges: Yea, moreouer with bondes and prisonment:
  • 1 Kgs 18:4 : 4 For when Iezabel destroyed the prophets of the Lord, Obadia toke an hundred prophets, and hid them by fiftie in a caue, and prouided bread and water for them.)
  • 1 Kgs 18:10 : 10 As the Lorde thy God liueth, there is no nation or kingdome, whyther my lord hath not sent to seeke thee: And when they saide, he is not there: he toke an oth of the kingdome and nation when he found thee not.
  • 1 Kgs 18:42 : 42 And so Ahab went vp to eate and to drinke, and Elias went vp to the top of Carmel, and he layde him selfe flat vpo the earth, and put his face betweene his knees,
  • 1 Kgs 19:2 : 2 Then Iezabel sent a messenger vnto Elias, saying: So and so let the gods do to me, if I make not thy soule lyke one of theirs by to morowe this time.
  • 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 And the king of Israel sayde vnto Iehosaphat: There is yet one man (Michea the sonne of Iimla) by whom we may aske counsell of the Lorde: But I hate him, for he doth not prophecie good vnto me, but euyll. And Iehosaphat sayde: Let not the king say so.
  • 1 Kgs 22:26-27 : 26 And the king of Israel sayde: Take Michea and cary him vnto Amon the gouerner of the citie, and vnto Ioas the kinges sonne, 27 And say: Thus sayeth ye king: Put this felow in the prison house, and feede him with bread of affliction, and with water of trouble, vntill I returne in peace.

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  • 2 Kgs 1:10-16
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    92%

    10Elias aunswered and saide to the captaine ouer the fiftie: If I be a man of God, let fyre come downe from heauen & consume thee & thy fiftie. And there came fyre from heauen, and consumed him and his fiftie.

    11Againe also he sent vnto him an other captaine ouer fiftie, with his fiftie: And he spake and saide vnto him, O man of God, thus hath the king saide: Make haste, and come downe.

    12Elias aunswered & saide vnto them: If I be a man of God, let fyre come downe from heauen, and consume thee and thy fiftie. And there came fyre of God from heauen, and consumed him and his fiftie.

    13And the king yet againe sent the third captaine ouer fiftie, with his fiftie men: And the third captaine ouer fiftie went vp, and came and fell on his knees before Elias, and besought him, & sayde vnto him: Oh man of God, I pray thee let my lyfe and the lyfe of the fiftie thy seruauntes be precious in thy sight.

    14Beholde, there came fyre downe from heauen, and burnt vp the two fore captaines ouer fiftie with their fifties: therfore let my lyfe now be precious in thy sight.

    15And the angell of the Lorde saide vnto Elias: Go downe with him, and be not afrayde of him. And he arose, and went downe with him vnto the king.

    16And he saide vnto him, thus saith the Lorde: Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to aske counsell at Beelzebub the god of Ekrom, as though there had ben no God in Israel, whose word thou mightest seeke after: therfore thou shalt not come downe of the bed on which thou art gone vp, but shalt dye the death.

  • 2 Kgs 1:3-8
    6 verses
    80%

    3But the angell of the Lorde spake to Elias the Thesbite: Arise, and go vp against the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say vnto them: Is there not a God in Israel, that ye go to aske counsel at Beelzebub the God of Ekrom?

    4Wherefore thus saith the Lorde: Thou shalt not come downe fro the bed on which thou art gone vp, but shalt die the death. And Elias departed.

    5And when the messengers turned backe againe vnto him, he saide vnto them: Why are ye now come againe?

    6They aunswered him: There came a man vp against vs, and sayde vnto vs: Go, & turne againe vnto the king that sent you, and saye vnto him, thus saith the Lorde: Is there not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquyre of Beelzebub the God of Ekrom? Therefore thou shalt not come downe from the bed on which thou art gone vp, but shalt dye the death.

    7And he said vnto them: What maner of man was that which came vp and met you, and tolde you these wordes?

    8And they aunswered him: It was an heery man, and girt with a girdell of leather about his loynes. And he saide: It is Elias the Thesbite.

  • 1 Kgs 19:9
    77%

    9When he came thyther vnto a caue, he lodged therein al night: And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and sayd vnto him: What doest thou here Elias?

  • 2 Kgs 9:5
    76%

    5And when he came in, beholde, the captaynes of the hoast were sitting together: And he sayde, I haue an errand to thee, O captayne.

  • 1 Kgs 18:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11And now thou sayest, Go, and tell thy lorde that Elias is here.

    12And assoone as I am gone from thee, the spirite of the Lorde shall carrie thee into some place that I do not knowe, and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can not finde thee, he shall slay me: But I thy seruaunt feare the Lorde from my youth vp.

  • 1 Kgs 13:14
    75%

    14And went after the man of God, and founde him sytting vnder a tree, and he said vnto him: Art thou the man of God that camest from Iuda? And he sayde, I am.

  • 1 Kgs 21:28
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    28And the worde of the Lorde came to Elia the Thesbyte, saying:

  • 1 Kgs 17:1-2
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    75%

    1And Elias ye Thesbite, which was of the inhabiters of Gilead, sayde vnto Ahab: As the Lorde God of Israel lyueth, before whom I stande, there shalbe neither deawe nor rayne these yeres, but according to my worde.

    2And the worde of the Lorde came vnto him, saying:

  • 2 Kgs 2:15-16
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    74%

    15And when the childre of the prophetes which were at Iericho sawe him from a farre, they sayde, The spirite of Elias doth rest on Elisa: And they came to meete him, and fel to the grounde before him,

    16And saide vnto him: See, now there be with thy seruauntes fiftie strong men, let the go we pray thee & seeke thy maister: yf happly the spirite of the Lorde hath taken him vp, and cast him vpon some mountaine, or into some valley. And he saide: Ye shall send none.

  • 1 Kgs 19:13
    74%

    13And when Elias hearde, he couered his face with his mantle, and went out, and stoode in the entring in of the caue: And beholde, there came a voyce vnto him, & said: What doest thou here Elias?

  • 2 Kgs 5:8-9
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    74%

    8Which when Elisa the man of God had heard how that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, he sent to the king, saying: Wherfore hast thou rent thy clothes? Let him come now to me, and he shall knowe that there is a prophet in Israel.

    9And so Naaman came with his horses and with his charets, and stoode at the doore of the house of Elisa.

  • 1 Kgs 21:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17And the worde of the Lorde came vnto Elias the Thesbite, saying:

    18Up, and go downe to meete Ahab king of Israel, whiche is in Samaria: Beholde he is in the vineyarde of Naboth, whyther he is gone downe to possesse it.

  • 1 Kgs 18:14
    73%

    14And thou sayest, Go thou now & shewe thy lorde, beholde Elias is here: that he may slay me.

  • 1 Kgs 18:7-9
    3 verses
    73%

    7And it chaunced that as Obadia was in the way, beholde Elias met him, and he knew him, and fell on his face, and saide: Art not thou my lorde Elias?

    8And he aunswered him, I am he: Go, and tel thy lorde, beholde, Elias is here.

    9He saide: What haue I sinned, that thou wouldest delyuer thy seruaunt into the hande of Ahab, to slay me?

  • 1 Kgs 18:16
    72%

    16So Obadia went to meete Ahab, and tolde him: And Ahab went to meete Elias.

  • 2 Kgs 3:12
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    12And Iehosaphat saide: The word of the Lorde is with him. And so the king of Israel, & Iehosaphat, and the king of Edom went downe to him.

  • 2 Kgs 6:13
    72%

    13He sayde: Go, and spie where he is, that I may sende and fet him. And one told him, saying: Behold, he is in Dothan.

  • 1 Kgs 22:9
    72%

    9Then the king of Israel called a chamberlayne, & sayde: Fet Michea the sonne of Iimla hyther at once.

  • 2 Kgs 8:7
    71%

    7And Elisa came to Damascon, & Benhadad the king of Syria was sycke: And one tolde him, saying, The man of God is come hyther.

  • 1 Kgs 19:19-20
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    19So he departed thence, & found Elisa the sonne of Saphat plowing, & hauing twelue yocke of oxen before him, and he with the twelue: And Elias went by him, and cast his mantle vpon him.

    20And he left the oxen, and ranne after Elias, and sayde: Let me I pray thee kysse my father and my mother, & then I will folowe thee. He sayde vnto him: Go backe againe, for what is it that I haue done to thee?

  • 2 Kgs 6:31-32
    2 verses
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    31Then he sayd: God do so & more also to me, if the head of Elisa the sonne of Saphat shall stande on him this day.

    32But Elisa sate in his house (& the elders sate by him) And the king sent a man before him: but yer the messenger came to him, he sayd to the elders: haue ye not seene howe that the sonne of this murtherer hath sent to take away myne head? Be circumspect when the messenger commeth, and shut the doore, and hold him at the doore: Is not the sound of his maisters feete behynde him?

  • 1 Kgs 1:53
    71%

    53And so king Solomon sent, and they brought him from the aulter, and he came and did obeysaunce vnto king Solomon: And Solomon sayde vnto him, Get thee to thyne house.

  • 1 Kgs 18:42
    71%

    42And so Ahab went vp to eate and to drinke, and Elias went vp to the top of Carmel, and he layde him selfe flat vpo the earth, and put his face betweene his knees,

  • 1 Kgs 19:2
    71%

    2Then Iezabel sent a messenger vnto Elias, saying: So and so let the gods do to me, if I make not thy soule lyke one of theirs by to morowe this time.

  • Jer 22:1
    71%

    1Thus saith the Lord: Go downe into the house of the kyng of Iuda, and speake there these wordes,

  • 1 Kgs 18:1
    71%

    1After processe of many dayes, the word of the Lord came to Elias in the third yere, saying: Go shewe thy selfe vnto Ahab, and I wyll sende rayne vpon the earth.

  • 1 Kgs 18:36
    70%

    36And it fortuned, that when they should offer the euening sacrifice, Elias the prophete came, and sayde: Lorde God of Abraham, Isahac, and of Israel, it shalbe knowen this day that thou art the God in Israel, & that I am thy seruaunt, and that I haue done all these thinges at thy commaundement.

  • 2 Chr 25:7
    70%

    7And there came a man of God to him, and sayde, O king, let not the armie of Israel come with thee: for the Lorde is not with Israel, to wit with al the children of Ephraim.

  • 1 Kgs 20:13
    70%

    13And beholde, there came a prophete vnto Ahab king of Israel, saying, thus sayeth the Lord: Hast thou seene all this great multitude? beholde, I will deliuer it into thyne hand this day, & thou shalt knowe that I am the Lorde.

  • 1 Kgs 13:1
    70%

    1And behold, ther came a man of God out of Iuda by the worde of the lord, vnto Bethel: and Ieroboam stoode by the aulter to put incense.