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2 Rois 1:8
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Et ils lui dirent: Un homme vêtu de poil, et ceint sur ses reins d'une ceinture de cuir. Et il dit: C'est Élie, le Thishbite.
Ils lui répondirent: C'était un homme vêtu de poil et ayant une ceinture de cuir autour des reins. Et Achazia dit: C'est Elie, le Thischbite.
Et ils lui répondirent : C'est un homme vêtu de poil, qui a une ceinture de cuir, ceinte sur ses reins; et il dit : C'est Elie Tisbite.
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
an hairy man: That is, he wore a rough garment, either made of camels' hair, as that of John Baptist, or of a skin, dressed with the hair on. Sir J. Chardin informs us, in a manuscript note on this place, cited by Mr. Harmer, that the eastern dervishes and fakeers are clothed just as Elijah was, with a hairy garment, girded with a leathern girdle. Isaiah 20:2, Zechariah 13:4, Matthew 3:4, Matthew 11:8, Luke 1:17, Revelation 11:3
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 1:3 - Elijah 2 Kings 2:8 - his mantle Mark 1:6 - clothed Luke 7:25 - A man Hebrews 11:37 - in sheepskins
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And they answered him, he was an hairy man,.... Either the hair of his head and beard were grown very long, having been much neglected for a great while; or he had an hairy garment on, either of goats' hair, such as the Chinese wear f, whose women spin it, see
Exodus 35:26 and of which garments are made; or of camels' hair, such as John the Baptist wore, who came in his spirit and power, and imitated him in his dress, being also, as Elijah here,
girt with a girdle of leather about his loins: for more expeditious travelling, not for warmth, the climate being hot:
and he said, it is Elijah the Tishbite; for he had seen him formerly in his father's court in this dress.
f Semedo's History of China, part 1. ch. 3.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
An hairy man - Either in allusion to his shaggy cloak of untanned skin; or, more probably, an expression descriptive of the prophet’s person, of his long flowing locks, abundant beard, and general profusion of hair. His costume was that of a thorough ascetic. Generally the Jews wore girdles of linen or cotton stuff, soft and comfortable. Under the girdle they wore one or two long linen gowns or shirts, and over these they had sometimes a large shawl. Elijah had only his leather girdle and his sheepskin cape or “mantle.â€
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 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.
