The messengers return and tell of a man’s words, and the king says it is Elijah the Tishbite
돌아온 사자들이 한 사람의 말을 고하고 왕이 그가 디셉 사람 엘리야라고 말함
2 Kings 1:5–8: The messengers return to him, and he says to them, “Why is it that you have returned?” They say to him, “A man came up to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you, and tell him, “The LORD says, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.’”’” He says to them, “What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and told you these words?” They answer him, “He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist.” He says, “It’s Elijah the Tishbite.” WEB says “to him” and “he” at 1:5 and “He” at 1:7 and 1:8, where the Korean Revised Version names the king (왕에게, 왕이); at 1:6 the messengers speak of “the king who sent you”.
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- 2KI 1:5–8, engwebp
5The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, “Why is it that you have returned?”
6They said to him, “A man came up to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you, and tell him, “The LORD says, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.’”’”
7He said to them, “What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and told you these words?”
8They answered him, “He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist.” He said, “It’s Elijah the Tishbite.”
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Ahaziah (son of Ahab) — Took part in — The messengers return and tell of a man’s words, and the king says it is Elijah the Tishbite
Evidence: 2 Kings 1:5–8
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Current wording: 2 Kings 1:5–8: The messengers return to him, and he says to them, “Why is it that you have returned?” They say to him, “A man came up to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you, and tell him, “The LORD says, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.’”’” He says to them, “What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and told you these words?” They answer him, “He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist.” He says, “It’s Elijah the Tishbite.” WEB says “to him” and “he” at 1:5 and “He” at 1:7 and 1:8, where the Korean Revised Version names the king (왕에게, 왕이); at 1:6 the messengers speak of “the king who sent you”.
Cited evidence: 2KI 1:5–8, engwebp
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