Said. —So the Septuagint (εἶπεν). Hebrew, spoke. The Vulgate and Arabic add “saying.” (See Note on [Reference 2 Kings 1:3…

And the angel of the Lord said to Elijah,
&e.] The same as in (2 Kings 1:3) or "had said" ^F7,…

Elijah called for fire from heaven, to consume the haughty, daring sinners; not to secure himself, but to prove his mission, and to reveal the wrat…