2 Kings 1:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ He said to them, “What sort of man was he who came to meet you and told you these things?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ The king asked, What was the man like who came to meet you saying these things?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And he said unto them, What manner of man was he that came up to meet you, and told you these words?

Common English Bible

⁷ Ahaziah said to them, “Describe the man who met you and said these things.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And he said to them: "What was the appearance and dress of that man, who met you and who spoke these words?"

2 Kings 1:7 Cross References

1 Samuel 28:14

He said to her, “What is his appearance?” She said, “An old man is coming up; he is wrapped in a robe.” So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and did obeisance.

Judges 8:18

Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What about the men whom you killed at Tabor?” They answered, “As you are, so were they, every one of them; they resembled the sons of a king.”

2 Kings 1:6

They answered him, “There came a man to meet us, who said to us, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and say to him: Thus says the Lord: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not leave the bed to which you have gone but shall surely die.’ ”

2 Kings 1:8

They answered him, “A hairy man with a leather belt around his waist.” He said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”