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The king asked them, “What sort of man was this who came up to meet you and who said these words to you?” 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!”

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!’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. 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).