2 Kings 1:8

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.

And they answered {H559} him, He was an hairy {H8181} man {H1167}{H376}, and girt {H247} with a girdle {H232} of leather {H5785} about his loins {H4975}. And he said {H559}, It is Elijah {H452} the Tishbite {H8664}.

"He was a hairy man," they answered him, "with a leather belt around his waist." He said, "It was Eliyahu from Tishbe."

“He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Matthew 3:4 (6 votes)

    And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

  • Zechariah 13:4 (5 votes)

    And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:

  • Mark 1:6 (3 votes)

    And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

  • Luke 1:17 (2 votes)

    And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

  • Revelation 11:3 (2 votes)

    ¶ And I will give [power] unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

  • Isaiah 20:2 (2 votes)

    At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

  • Matthew 11:8 (2 votes)

    But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft [clothing] are in kings' houses.