Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Kings 1:14

"Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my life be precious in thy sight." — 2 Kings 1:14 (ASV)

Burnt. — Eat, or devoured (2 Kings 1:10; 2 Kings 1:12).

The two captains of the former fifties. — Rather, the former two captains of fifties.

Therefore let my life now. — And now (that is, this time) let my life. Some manuscripts, and the Septuagint, Vulgate, and Arabic, add the precative “now” (that is, “I pray”), as in 2 Kings 1:13 (I pray thee = na’).