2 Kings 1:8
And they answered him, He was an ihairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
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1 Samuel 28:14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.
Matthew 3:4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Zechariah 13:4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
Mark 1:6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
either,
1. As to his body; the hair of his head and beard being through neglect grown long, and spread over much of his time. Or rather,
2. As to his outward garment, which was rough and hairy, such as were sometimes worn by eminent persons in Greece in ancient times, and were the proper habit of the prophets. See Isa 20:2 Zec 13:4 Mat 3:4 Heb 11:37.
as John the Baptist also had, Mat 3:4, that by his very outward habit he might represent Elias, in whose spirit and power he came.