2 Kings 1:8

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.

— 2 Kings 1:8, King James Version
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Context

This verse from 2 Kings Chapter 1 connects to 7 cross-references. Ahaziah king of Israel, injured in a fall, sends messengers to consult Baal-zebub the god of Ekron; Elijah intercepts them with a message of death. Ahaziah sends three companies of fifty soldiers to bring Elijah; fire from heaven consumes the …

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Other Translations

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.

YLT

And they say unto him, `A man--hairy, and a girdle of skin girt about his loins;' and he saith, `He <FI>is<Fi> Elijah the Tishbite.'

BBE

And they said in answer, He was a man clothed in a coat of hair, with a leather band about his body. Then he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

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