2 Kings 1:7 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Kings 1:7

5 And when the messengers returned to¹ him, he said to them, “Why have you come back?”

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.

Verse Comparison: 2 Kings 1:7

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American Standard Version
And he said unto them, What manner of man was he that came up to meet you, and told you these words?

Amplified® Bible
The king asked, What was the man like who came to meet you saying these things?

Contemporary English Version
"What did the man look like?" Ahaziah asked.

Darby English Version
And he said to them, What manner of man was he that came up to meet you, and told you these words?

Good News Bible
"What did the man look like?" the king asked.

King James Version
And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?

New American Standard Bible
He said to them, "What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?"

New International Version
The king asked them, "What kind of man was it who came to meet you and told you this?"

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

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
He said to them, "What kind of man came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?"

Revised Standard Version
He said to them, "What kind of man was he who came to meet you and told you these things?"

Young's Literal Translation
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?'

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