Lièwángjìxià 1:8

8 Huídá shuō , tā shēn chuān maóyī , yào shù pí daì . wáng shuō , zhè bì shì tí sī bǐ rén Yǐlìyà .

Lièwángjìxià 1:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 1:8

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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Semedo's History of China, part 1. ch. 3.

Lièwángjìxià 1:8 In-Context

6 Shǐzhĕ huídá shuō , yǒu yī gèrén yíng zhe wǒmen lái , duì wǒmen shuō , nǐmen huí qù jiàn chāi nǐmen lái de wáng , duì tā shuō , Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , nǐ chāi rén qù wèn Yǐgélún shén bā lì xī bo , qǐ yīn Yǐsèliè zhōng méiyǒu shén ma . suǒyǐ nǐ bì bú Xiàsuǒ shàng de chuáng , bìdéng yào sǐ .

7 Wáng wèn tāmen shuō , yíng zhe nǐmen lái gàosu nǐmen zhè huà de , shì zĕnyàng de rén .

8 Huídá shuō , tā shēn chuān maóyī , yào shù pí daì . wáng shuō , zhè bì shì tí sī bǐ rén Yǐlìyà .

9 Yúshì , wáng chāiqiǎn wǔ shí fú zhǎng , daìlǐng wǔ shí rén qù jiàn Yǐlìyà , tā jiù shàng dào Yǐlìyà nàli . Yǐlìyà zhēng zuò zaì shāndǐng shàng . wǔ shí fú zhǎng duì tā shuō , shén rén nǎ , wáng fēnfu nǐ xià lái .

10 Yǐlìyà huídá shuō , wǒ ruò shì shén rén , yuàn huǒ cóng tiān shàng jiàng xià lái , shāo miè nǐ hé nǐ nà wǔ shí rén . yúshì yǒu huǒ coní tiān shàng jiàng xià lái , shāo miè wǔ shí fú zhǎng hé Tānà wǔ shí rén .