MAN OF GOD — the standing title for a prophet in the Elijah and Elisha narratives, used some seventy times in Kings. ⚠ In 2 Kings 1 it becomes a wordplay: the captains address Elijah with the title as a formula, and he answers 'if I am a man of God (ISH), let fire (ESH) come down' — the two words are one letter apart in Hebrew, and verse 12 fuses them as esh Elohim, 'the fire of God.' → first discussed at 2 Kings 1:9