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.
5
And the messengers turn back unto him, and he saith unto them, `What [is] this -- ye have turned back!'
6
And they say unto him, `A man hath come up to meet us, and saith unto us, Go, turn back unto the king who sent you, and ye have said unto him, Thus said Jehovah, Is it because there is not a God in Israel -- thou art sending to inquire of Baal-Zebub god of Ekron? therefore, the bed whither thou hast gone up, thou dost not come down from it, for thou dost certainly die.'
7
And he saith unto them, `What [is] the fashion of the man who hath come up to meet you, and speaketh unto you these words?'
8
And they say unto him, `A man -- hairy, and a girdle of skin girt about his loins;' and he saith, `He [is] Elijah the Tishbite.'
9
And he sendeth unto him a head of fifty and his fifty, and he goeth up unto him (and lo, he is sitting on the top of the hill), and he speaketh unto him, `O man of God, the king hath spoken, Come down.'
Young's Literal Translation is in the public domain.