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2 Kings 1:8-10
New Catholic Bible
2 Kings 1:8-10
New Catholic Bible
8 They replied, “He was wearing a garment made from hair[a] and a leather belt around his waist.” He said, “It was Elijah the Tishbite!”
9 The king then sent a captain of fifty along with his fifty men. He went up to him, and he found him sitting on a hilltop. He said to him, “O man of God, the king orders you, ‘Come down!’ ” 10 Elijah answered the captain of the fifty men, saying, “If I am truly a man of God, then let fire come down from the heavens and consume you and your fifty men.” Fire then came down from the heavens and it consumed him and his fifty men.
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- 2 Kings 1:8 Garment made from hair: this distinctive attire set Elijah apart as one who was committed to delivering God’s hard messages to the king and other prophets, despite the rejection and loneliness that often resulted. In the New Testament, John the Baptist strikes a similar appearance and fate (Mt 3:4; Mk 6:17).
