2 Kings 1:7 - Tree of Life Version Then he said to them, “What kind of man was he that came up to meet you and told you these words?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 The king asked, What was the man like who came to meet you saying these things? American Standard Version (1901) 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 Ahaziah said to them, “Describe the man who met you and said these things.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to them: "What was the appearance and dress of that man, who met you and who spoke these words?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to them: What manner of man was he who met you, and spoke these words? |
They answered him, “A man came up to meet us and said to us: ‘Go, return to the king who sent you, and say to him, thus says Adonai, “Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not leave the bed you are lying on, for you will surely die.”’”
They answered him, “He was a hairy man with a leather belt around his waist.” “It’s Elijah the Tishbite,” he said.
Then he asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “As you are, so they were,” they answered. “Each one looked like the children of a king.”
“What does he look like?” he asked her. “An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped with a robe,” she said. Then Saul knew that it was Samuel, so he bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground.