2 Kings 1:7

7 Then he said unto them, What manner of man was he who came up to meet you and told you these words?

2 Kings 1:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 1:7

And he said unto them, what manner of man was he
What appearance or figure did he make? what his habit or clothing? which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
they had related to him.

2 Kings 1:7 In-Context

5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?

6 And they said unto him, We met a man who said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you and say unto him, Thus hath the LORD said, Is there no God in Israel, that thou dost send to enquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

7 Then he said unto them, What manner of man was he who came up to meet you and told you these words?

8 And they answered him, He was a hairy man and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah, the Tishbite.

9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him, and, behold, he sat on the top of a mountain. And he spoke unto him, Man of God, the king has commanded thee to come down.