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

“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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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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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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