2 Kings 1:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

Again he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said to him, O man of God, thus says the king, Come down quickly.

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  • Num 16:41 : 41 But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have killed the people of the LORD.
  • 1 Sam 6:9 : 9 And watch, if it goes up the road to its own territory, to Beth Shemesh, then He has done us this great evil; but if not, then we shall know that it was not His hand that struck us, but it happened to us by chance.
  • 1 Sam 22:17-19 : 17 And the king said to the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not show it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to attack the priests of the LORD. 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn you, and attack the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he attacked the priests, and killed on that day eighty-five persons that wore a linen ephod. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing infants, and oxen, and donkeys, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
  • Prov 29:12 : 12 If a ruler listens to lies, all his servants are wicked.
  • Isa 26:11 : 11 LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see; but they will see and be ashamed for their envy of the people; yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.
  • Isa 32:7 : 7 The schemes of the miser are evil: he devises wicked plans to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks what is right.
  • Jer 5:3 : 3 O LORD, are not your eyes upon the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; you have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent forth and killed all the children that were in Bethlehem and in all its coasts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
  • Luke 22:63-64 : 63 And the men who held Jesus mocked him, and beat him. 64 And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that struck you?
  • John 18:5-9 : 5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus said to them, I am he. And Judas, who betrayed him, stood with them. 6 As soon as he said to them, I am he, they drew back and fell to the ground. 7 Then he asked them again, Whom do you seek? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. 8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he; therefore, if you seek me, let these go their way, 9 that the saying might be fulfilled which he spoke, Of those whom you gave me I have lost none. 10 Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. 11 Then Jesus said to Peter, Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink the cup which my Father has given me? 12 Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him,
  • Acts 4:16-17 : 16 Saying, What shall we do to these men? For indeed a notable miracle has been done by them is evident to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. 17 But so that it spreads no further among the people, let us severely threaten them, that from now on they speak to no man in this name.

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  • 2 Kgs 1:3-10
    8 verses
    92%

    3But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, Is it not because there is no God in Israel that you go to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron?

    4Now therefore thus says the LORD, You shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but shall surely die. And Elijah departed.

    5And when the messengers returned to him, he said to them, Why have you returned?

    6And they said to him, A man came up to meet us, and said to us, Go, return to the king who sent you, and say to him, Thus says the LORD, Is it not because there is no God in Israel that you send to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but shall surely die.

    7And he said to them, What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and told you these words?

    8And they answered him, He was a hairy man, with a belt of leather around his waist. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

    9Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold, he sat on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him, Man of God, the king has said, Come down.

    10And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty. And fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

  • 2 Kgs 1:12-16
    5 verses
    88%

    12And Elijah answered and said to them, If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

    13And he sent again a captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and pleaded with him, and said to him, O man of God, I pray you, let my life, and the life of these fifty servants of yours, be precious in your sight.

    14Behold, there came fire down from heaven and burned up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties; therefore, let my life now be precious in your sight.

    15And the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, Go down with him; do not be afraid of him. So he arose and went down with him to the king.

    16And he said to him, Thus says the LORD, Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore, you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but shall surely die.

  • 1 Kgs 18:11-14
    4 verses
    72%

    11And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

    12And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry you where I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he shall slay me: but I your servant have feared the LORD from my youth.

    13Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, how I hid a hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

    14And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.

  • 2 Kgs 2:15-17
    3 verses
    72%

    15And when the sons of the prophets who were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

    16And they said to him, Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray you, and seek your master: lest perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, You shall not send.

    17And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but did not find him.

  • 1 Kgs 17:2
    71%

    2And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 21:28
    71%

    28And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 19:2
    71%

    2Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.

  • 2 Kgs 9:5
    70%

    5And when he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting; and he said, I have a message for you, O captain. And Jehu said, To which of us all? And he said, To you, O captain.

  • 1 Kgs 18:40
    70%

    40And Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

  • 1 Kgs 21:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

    18Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to possess it.

  • 1 Kgs 19:9
    70%

    9And he came to a cave and lodged there, and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah?

  • 2 Kgs 6:31-32
    2 verses
    70%

    31Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall remain on him today.

    32But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man ahead of him: but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

  • 1 Kgs 19:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray you, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you. And he said to him, Go back again, for what have I done to you?

    21And he returned from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah and ministered to him.

  • 1 Kgs 19:13
    69%

    13And when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice came to him, and said, What are you doing here, Elijah?

  • 1 Kgs 18:23
    69%

    23Let them therefore give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will prepare the other bull, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:

  • 2 Kgs 2:25
    69%

    25And he went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

  • 2 Kgs 2:11
    69%

    11And it happened, as they still went on and talked, that behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both apart; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

  • 2 Kgs 3:12
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    12And Jehoshaphat said, "The word of the LORD is with him." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

  • 2 Kgs 5:8
    69%

    8And it happened, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 22:9
    69%

    9Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Bring here Micaiah the son of Imlah quickly.

  • 1 Kgs 18:25
    69%

    25And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose one bull for yourselves, and prepare it first; for you are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.

  • 1 Kgs 13:11
    69%

    11Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken to the king, they told also to their father.

  • 1 Kgs 20:13
    69%

    13And behold, there came a prophet to Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus says the LORD, Have you seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 18:8
    69%

    8And he answered him, I am: go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

  • Job 1:16
    69%

    16While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I alone have escaped to tell you."

  • 2 Kgs 6:10
    69%

    10And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and he saved himself there, not once nor twice.

  • 2 Kgs 10:16
    68%

    16And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.

  • 1 Kgs 13:21
    68%

    21And he cried to the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus says the LORD, Because you have disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and have not kept the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you,

  • 1 Kgs 18:21
    68%

    21And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

  • 1 Kgs 13:14
    68%

    14And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said to him, Are you the man of God that came from Judah? And he said, I am.

  • 1 Kgs 20:9
    68%

    9Therefore, he said to the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that you first sent for to your servant I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.