2 Kings 1:4
1:4 Therefore this is what the Lord says, “You will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die!”’” So Elijah went on his way.
2 Kings 1:8
1:8 They replied, 1 “He was a hairy man 2 and had a leather belt 3 tied around his waist.” The king 4 said, “He is Elijah the Tishbite.”
2 Kings 2:7-8
2:7 The fifty members of the prophetic guild went and stood opposite them at a distance, while Elijah and Elisha 5 stood by the Jordan.
2:8 Elijah took his cloak, folded it up, and hit the water with it. The water divided, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
2 Kings 2:13
2:13 He picked up Elijah’s cloak, which had fallen off him, and went back and stood on the shore of the Jordan.
2 Kings 10:17
10:17 He went to Samaria and exterminated all the members of Ahab’s family who were still alive in Samaria, 6 just as the Lord had announced to Elijah. 7
1 tn Heb “said to him.”
2 tn Heb “an owner of hair.” This idiomatic expression indicates that Elijah was very hairy. For other examples where the idiom “owner of” is used to describe a characteristic of someone, see HALOT 143 s.v. בַּעַל. For example, an “owner of dreams” is one who frequently has dreams (Gen 37:19) and an “owner of anger” is a hot-tempered individual (Prov 22:24).
3 tn Heb “belt of skin” (i.e., one made from animal hide).
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “the two of them.” The referents (Elijah and Elisha) have been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “and he struck down all the remaining ones to Ahab in Samaria until he destroyed him.”
7 tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke to Elijah.”