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

And they said unto him, He was an [a]hairy man, and girded with a girdle of leather about his loins. Then said he, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

Therefore the King sent unto him a captain over fifty with his fifty men, who went up unto him: for behold, he sat on the top [b]of a mountain, and he said unto him, O man of God, the king hath commanded that thou come down.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 1:8 Some think that this is meant of his garments, which were rough and made of hair.
  2. 2 Kings 1:9 To wit, Carmel.

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