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2 Kings 1:7-9
International Standard Version
2 Kings 1:7-9
International Standard Version
7 He told them, “Describe the man who met you and told you these things.”
8 They answered, “The man was a hairy fellow. He wore a leather sash around his waist.”
The king[a] responded, “It’s Elijah, that foreigner!”[b]
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9 So the king sent out 50 men, along with their leader.[c] The leader[d] approached Elijah, who was sitting at the top of a hill. He ordered Elijah,[e] “Hey, man of God! The king orders you to come down!”
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- 2 Kings 1:8 Lit. He
- 2 Kings 1:8 Lit. Elijah the Tishbite; or Elijah, the sojourner
- 2 Kings 1:9 Lit. a captain of fifty; and so through v. 14; modern equivalent to a Second Lieutenant commanding a platoon of four twelve-member squads
- 2 Kings 1:9 Lit. He
- 2 Kings 1:9 Lit. him
2 Kings 1:7-9
New International Version
2 Kings 1:7-9
New International Version
7 The king asked them, “What kind of man was it who came to meet you and told you this?”
8 They replied, “He had a garment of hair[a](A) and had a leather belt around his waist.”
The king said, “That was Elijah the Tishbite.”
9 Then he sent(B) to Elijah a captain(C) with his company of fifty men. The captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king says, ‘Come down!’”
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 1:8 Or He was a hairy man
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