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And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

An hairy man — This is either an allusion to his shaggy cloak of untanned skin or, more probably, an expression describing the prophet’s phy…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Answered. — Said to.

An hairy man. — Literally, “a lord of hair.” This description might refer to the leng…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And they answered him, he was an hairy man
Either the hair of his head and beard were grown very long, having been m…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

When Ahaziah rebelled against the Lord, Moab revolted from him. Sin weakens and impoverishes us. Man's revolt from God is often punished by the reb…

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