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2 Kings 1:8

Elijah

6 They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”

7 The king asked them, “What sort of man came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?”

“He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.

9 Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”

10 Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

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BSB
“He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.
KJV
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.
WEB
They answered him, “He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist.” He said, “It’s Elijah the Tishbite.”
ASV
And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
DARBY
And they said to him, He was a man in a hairy [garment], and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
BLB
And they answered to him, “A man owning hair and wearing a leather belt around his waist.” And he said, “It [is] Elijah the Tishbite.”
ÅB
De svarte: Det var en mann i en lodden kjortel, med et lærbelte bundet om lendene. Da sa han: Det var tisbitten Elias.
OTB
De svarte, “Han var en mann med et hårete plagg og et lærbelte rundt livet.” Kongen sa, “Det var Elia fra Tisjbe.”
B1930
De svarte: Det var en mann i en lodden kjortel, med et lærbelte bundet om lendene. Da sa han: Det var tisbitten Elias.

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Cross references

  • Matthew 3:4

    John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

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  • Zechariah 13:4

    And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.

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  • Mark 1:6

    John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

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  • Matthew 11:8

    Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothing are found in kings’ palaces.

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  • Revelation 11:3

    And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

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  • Isaiah 20:2

    the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.

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  • Luke 1:17

    And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

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