Now (A)John himself was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was (B)locusts and (C)wild honey.

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John’s(A) clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist.(B) His food was locusts(C) and wild honey.

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So they answered him, (A)“A hairy man wearing a leather belt around his waist.”

And he said, (B)“It is Elijah the Tishbite.”

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They replied, “He had a garment of hair[a](A) and had a leather belt around his waist.”

The king said, “That was Elijah the Tishbite.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 1:8 Or He was a hairy man

22 These you may eat: (A)the locust after its kind, the destroying locust after its kind, the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.

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22 Of these you may eat any kind of locust,(A) katydid, cricket or grasshopper.

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Now John was (A)clothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

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John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist,(A) and he ate locusts(B) and wild honey.

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But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Indeed, those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.

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If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear fine clothes are in kings’ palaces.

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“And it shall be in that day that (A)every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not wear (B)a robe of coarse hair to deceive.

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“On that day every prophet will be ashamed(A) of their prophetic vision. They will not put on a prophet’s garment(B) of hair(C) in order to deceive.(D)

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17 (A)He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

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17 And he will go on before the Lord,(A) in the spirit and power of Elijah,(B) to turn the hearts of the parents to their children(C) and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”(D)

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Behold, I will send you (A)Elijah the prophet
(B)Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.

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“See, I will send the prophet Elijah(A) to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.(B)

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And I will give power to my two (A)witnesses, (B)and they will prophesy (C)one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”

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And I will appoint my two witnesses,(A) and they will prophesy for 1,260 days,(B) clothed in sackcloth.”(C)

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18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’

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18 For John came neither eating(A) nor drinking,(B) and they say, ‘He has a demon.’

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25 (A)Now all the people of the land came to a forest; and there was (B)honey on the ground. 26 And when the people had come into the woods, there was the honey, dripping; but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath; therefore he stretched out the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his [a]countenance brightened.

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  1. 1 Samuel 14:27 Lit. eyes

25 The entire army entered the woods, and there was honey on the ground. 26 When they went into the woods, they saw the honey oozing out; yet no one put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath, so he reached out the end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it into the honeycomb.(A) He raised his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.[a]

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  1. 1 Samuel 14:27 Or his strength was renewed; similarly in verse 29

13 “He(A) made him ride in the heights of the earth,
That he might eat the produce of the fields;
He made him draw honey from the rock,
And oil from the flinty rock;

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13 He made him ride on the heights(A) of the land
    and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,(B)
    and with oil(C) from the flinty crag,

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