FIRE. Used as a signal in war, Jer. 6:1. Furnaces of, Dan. 3:6. Children caused to pass through, 2 Kin. 16:3; 17:17. Miracles connected with: Miraculously descends upon, and consumes, Abraham's sacrifice, Gen. 15:17; David's, 1 Chr. 21:26; Elijah's, 1 Kin. 18:38; Solomon's, at dedication of the temple, 2 Chr. 7:1. Display of, in the plagues of Egypt, Ex. 9:24; at Elijah's translation, 2 Kin. 2:11. Consumes the conspirators with Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, Num. 16:35; the captains and their fifties, 2 Kin. 1:9-12. Torture by, Lev. 21:9; Jer. 29:22; Ezek. 23:25,47; Dan. 3. Pillar of fire, Ex. 13:21,22; 14:19,24; 40:38; Num. 9:15-23. See Cloud, Pillar of.

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