12:001:006 And they said unto him, There came a man
up to meet us, and
said
unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you,
and
say
unto him, Thus saith the lord, Is it not because
there is
not
a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub
the
god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from
that
bed
on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
12:001:007 And he said unto them, What manner of man
was he which came up
to
meet you, and told you these words?
12:001:008 And they answered him, He was an hairy
man, and girt with a
girdle
of leather about his loins. And he said, It is
Elijah
the
Tishbite.
12:001:009 Then the king sent unto him a captain of
fifty with his fifty.
And
he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the
top of an
hill.
And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath
said,
Come down.
12:001:010 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.
12:001:011 Again also he sent unto him another captain
of fifty with his
fifty.
And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus
hath
the king said, Come down quickly.
12:001:012 And Elijah answered and said unto them,
If I be a man of God,
let
fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy
fifty.
And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed
him
and his fifty.
12:001:013 And he sent again a captain of the third
fifty with his fifty.
And
the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell
on
his
knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto
him,
O
man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life
of these
fifty
thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
12:001:014 Behold, there came fire down from heaven,
and burnt up the two
captains
of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore
let
my life now be precious in thy sight.
12:001:015 And the angel of the lord said unto
Elijah, Go down with him:
be
not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down
with him
unto
the king.
12:001:016 And he said unto him, Thus saith the lord,
Forasmuch as thou
hast
sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of
Ekron,
is
it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire
of his
word?
therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on
which
thou
art gone up, but shalt surely die.


