2 Kings 1:8

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6 So they said to him, “A man came up to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you, and say to him, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’ ” ’ ”

7 Then he said to them, “What kind of man was it who came up to meet you and told you these words?”

8 So they answered him, ^a“A hairy man wearing a leather belt around his waist.” And he said, ^b“It is Elijah the Tishbite.”

9 Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men. So he went up to him; and there he was, sitting on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him: “Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down!’ ”

10 So Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, “If I am a man of God, then ^alet fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

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Adam Clarke

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2 Kings 1:8

He was a hairy man - That is, he wore a rough garment, either made of camels' hair, as his successor John Baptist' s was, or he wore a skin dressed with the hair on. Some think that the meaning is, he had very long hair and a long beard. The ancient prophets all wore rough garments, or upper coats made of the skins of beasts: They wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins, says the apostle, Hebrews 11:37.

Other Adam Clarke entries containing 2 Kings 1:8:

1 Kings 19:19
1 Kings 19:21
Matthew 3:4
Hebrews 11:37

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