2 Kings 1:7

7 Then he spoke to them, "What [was] the manner of the man who came up to meet you and spoke to you all these things?"

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 When the messengers returned to him, he asked them, "Why have you returned?"

6 Then they said to him, "A man came up to meet us, and he said to us, 'Go, return to the king who sent you and speak to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you [are] sending to inquire of Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron? Therefore the bed upon which you have gone, you will not come down from it, for you will surely die.'" '"

7 Then he spoke to them, "What [was] the manner of the man who came up to meet you and spoke to you all these things?"

8 They answered him, "A {hairy man} with a leather belt girded around his waist." And he said, "It [is] Elijah the Tishbite."

9 So {Ahaziah} sent to him the commander of fifty with his fifty [men], and he went up to him while he was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to him, "[O] man of God, the king says, 'Come down.'"