2 Kings 1:9-18

St Barnabas Daily Devotions · Jul 1, 2026

2 Kings 1:9-18 - Daily Devotion - 2 July 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park

9 Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”

10 Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.”

And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

11 So the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. And the captain said to…