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2 Kings 1:7-9
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
2 Kings 1:7-9
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
7 He said to them, ‘What sort of man was he who came to meet you and told you these things?’ 8 They answered him, ‘A hairy man, with a leather belt around his waist.’ He said, ‘It is Elijah the Tishbite.’
9 Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men. He went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, ‘O man of God, the king says, “Come down.”’
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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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