Verse 8
2 Kings 1:8
GOD'S WORD Translation
8
They answered him, “He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist.”
He said, “It’s Elijah the Tishbite.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗י/ו אִ֚ישׁ בַּ֣עַל שֵׂעָ֔ר וְ/אֵז֥וֹר ע֖וֹר אָז֣וּר בְּ/מָתְנָ֑י/ו וַ/יֹּאמַ֕ר אֵלִיָּ֥ה הַ/תִּשְׁבִּ֖י הֽוּא
English Translation
And they said to me, "A man with hair and a leather belt around his waist." And Elijah the Tishbite said to me.
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8
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