2 Kings 1:8
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They replied, “He had a garment of haira and had a leather belt around his waist.” The king said, “That was Elijah the Tishbite.”
Read 2 Kings 1:8 Using Other Translations
And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
They answered him, "He wore a garment of hair, with a belt of leather about his waist." And he said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite."
They replied, “He was a hairy man, and he wore a leather belt around his waist.” “Elijah from Tishbe!” the king exclaimed.
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2 Kings 1:8
FOOTNOTES:
F6 Semedo's History of China, part 1. ch. 3.
And they answered him, he was an hairy man
Either the hair of his head and beard were grown very long,
having been much neglected for a great while; or he had an hairy
garment on, either of goats' hair, such as the Chinese wear
F6, whose women spin it, see ( Exodus 35:26
) and of which garments are made; or of camels' hair, such as
John the Baptist wore, who came in his spirit and power, and
imitated him in his dress, being also, as Elijah here, girt
with a girdle of leather about his loins:
for more expeditious travelling, not for warmth, the climate
being hot: and he said, it is Elijah the
Tishbite;
for he had seen him formerly in his father's court in this dress.
F6 Semedo's History of China, part 1. ch. 3.
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