2 Kings 1:8

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And they said in answer, He was a man clothed in a coat of hair, with a leather band about his body. Then he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

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  • Matt 3:4 : 4 Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.
  • Zech 13:4 : 4 And it will come about in that day that the prophets will be shamed, every man on account of his vision, when he is talking as a prophet; and they will not put on a robe of hair for purposes of deceit:
  • Mark 1:6 : 6 And John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.
  • Luke 1:17 : 17 And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.
  • Rev 11:3 : 3 And I will give orders to my two witnesses, and they will be prophets for a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed with haircloth.
  • Isa 20:2 : 2 At that time the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and take off your robe, and your shoes from your feet; and he did so, walking unclothed and without shoes on his feet.
  • Matt 11:8 : 8 But what went you out to see? a man delicately clothed? Those who have fair robes are in kings' houses.

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  • 2 Kgs 1:3-7
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    3But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Go now, and, meeting the men sent by the king of Samaria, say to them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you are going to get directions from Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?

    4Give ear then to the words of the Lord: You will never again get down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you. Then Elijah went away.

    5And the men he had sent came back to the king; and he said to them, Why have you come back?

    6And they said to him, On our way we had a meeting with a man who said, Go back to the king who sent you and say to him, The Lord says, Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to put a question to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? For this reason, you will not come down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you.

    7And he said to them, What sort of a man was it who came and said these words to you?

  • 2 Kgs 1:9-13
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    9Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men; and he went up to him where he was seated on the top of a hill, and said to him, O man of God, the king has said, Come down.

    10And Elijah in answer said to the captain of fifty, If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven on you and on your fifty men, and put an end to you. Then fire came down from heaven and put an end to him and his fifty men.

    11Then the king sent another captain of fifty with his fifty men; and he said to Elijah, O man of God, the king says, Come down quickly.

    12And Elijah in answer said, If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven on you and on your fifty men, and put an end to you. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and put an end to him and his fifty men.

    13Then he sent a third captain of fifty with his fifty men; and the third captain of fifty went up, and falling on his knees before Elijah, requesting mercy of him, said, O man of God, let my life and the life of these your fifty servants be of value to you.

  • 1 Kgs 18:7-8
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    7And while Obadiah was on his way, he came face to face with Elijah; and seeing who it was, he went down on his face and said, Is it you, my lord Elijah?

    8And Elijah in answer said, It is I; now go and say to your lord, Elijah is here.

  • 2 Kgs 1:15
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    15Then the angel of the Lord said to Elijah, Go down with him; have no fear of him. So he got up and went down with him to the king.

  • 1 Kgs 19:13
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    13And Elijah, hearing it, went out, covering his face with his robe, and took his place in the opening of the hole. And there a voice came to him saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?

  • 2 Kgs 2:11-16
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    11And while they went on their way, going on talking together, suddenly there were carriages and horses of fire separating them from one another and Elijah went up to heaven in a great wind.

    12And when Elisha saw it he gave a cry, My father, my father, the carriages of Israel and its horsemen! And he saw him no longer; and he was full of grief.

    13Then he took up Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and went back till he came to the edge of Jordan.

    14And he took Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and giving the water a blow with it, said, Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah? and at his blow the waters were parted this way and that; and Elisha went over.

    15And when the sons of the prophets who were facing him at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha. And they came out to him, and went down on the earth before him.

    16And they said, Your servants have with us here fifty strong men; be pleased to let them go in search of Elijah; for it may be that the spirit of the Lord has taken him up and put him down on some mountain or in some valley. But he said, Do not send them.

  • 1 Kgs 21:28
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    28Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 5:8
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    8Now Elisha, the man of God, hearing that the king of Israel had done this, sent to the king, saying, Why are you troubled? send the man to me, so that he may see that there is a prophet in Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 18:46
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    46And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he made himself strong, and went running before Ahab till they came to Jezreel.

  • 1 Kgs 19:8-9
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    8So he got up and took food and drink, and in the strength of that food he went on for forty days and nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.

    9And there he went into a hole in the rock for the night; then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?

  • Mark 1:6
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    6And John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.

  • 1 Kgs 17:1-2
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    1And Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, By the living Lord, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word.

    2Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 18:11
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    11And now you say, Go, say to your lord, Elijah is here.

  • John 1:21-22
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    21And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.

    22So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?

  • 1 Kgs 13:14
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    14And went after the man of God, and came up with him while he was seated under an oak-tree. And he said to him, Are you the man of God who came from Judah? And he said, I am.

  • Mark 9:11
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    11And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

  • Matt 3:4
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    4Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.

  • 1 Kgs 18:14-17
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    14And now you say, Go and say to your Lord, Elijah is here; and he will put me to death.

    15And Elijah said, By the life of the Lord of armies, whose servant I am, I will certainly let him see me today.

    16So Obadiah went to Ahab and gave him the news; and Ahab went to see Elijah.

    17And when he saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, Is it you, you troubler of Israel?

  • 2 Kgs 2:6
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    6Then Elijah said to him, Come no farther, for the Lord has sent me to Jordan. But he said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went on together.

  • 1 Kgs 19:19
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    19So he went away from there and came across Elisha, the son of Shaphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen, he himself walking with the twelfth; and Elijah went up to him and put his robe on him.

  • 1 Kgs 21:17
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    17And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

  • Matt 17:10
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    10And his disciples, questioning him, said, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

  • 1 Kgs 19:21
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    21And he went back, and took the oxen and put them to death, and cooking their flesh with the yokes of the oxen, he gave the people a feast. Then he got up and went after Elijah and became his servant.

  • 1 Kgs 20:32
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    32So they put on haircloth, and cords on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, Your servant Ben-hadad says, Let me now keep my life. And he said, Is he still living? he is my brother.

  • Mark 9:13
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    13But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they have done to him whatever they were pleased to do, even as the Writings say about him.

  • Mark 8:28
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    28And they made answer, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.

  • 1 Kgs 18:21
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    21And Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you go on balancing between two opinions? if the Lord is God, then give worship to him; but if Baal, give worship to him. And the people said not a word in answer.

  • 1 Kgs 20:41
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    41Then he quickly took the head-band from his eyes; and the king of Israel saw that he was one of the prophets.

  • 2 Kgs 8:14
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    14Then he went away from Elisha and came in to his master, who said to him, What did Elisha say to you? And his answer was, He said that you would certainly get well.

  • 2 Kgs 2:23
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    23Then from there he went up to Beth-el; and on his way, some little boys came out from the town and made sport of him, crying, Go up, old no-hair! go up, old no-hair!