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And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back ?
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And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go , turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest 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 .
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And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
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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.
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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 an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said , Come down .