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2 Kings 1:7

5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?

6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?

8 And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The king asked them, “What sort of man came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?”
KJV
And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
WEB
He said to them, “What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and told you these words?”
ASV
And he said unto them, What manner of man was he that came up to meet you, and told you these words?
DARBY
And he said to them, What manner of man was he that came up to meet you, and told you these words?
BLB
And he said to them, “What was the manner of the man who came up to meet you⁺ and told to you⁺ these words?”
ÅB
Han spurte dem: Hvordan så den mann ut som kom dere i møte og talte slik til dere?
OTB
Kongen spurte dem da, “Hva slags mann var det som kom for å møte dere og fortalte dere dette?”
B1930
Han spurte dem: Hvorledes så den mann ut som kom eder i møte og talte således til eder?

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  • Judges 8:18

    Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.

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  • 1 Samuel 28:14

    And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.

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