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 16:11

16:11 Uriah the priest built an altar in conformity to the plans King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. ⁵  Uriah the priest finished it before King Ahaz arrived back from Damascus. ⁶ 

2 Kings 25:21

25:21 The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed ⁷  at Riblah in the territory ⁸  of Hamath. So Judah was deported from its land.

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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 “according to all that King Ahaz sent from Damascus.”

⁶ tn Heb “so Uriah the priest did, until the arrival of King Ahaz from Damascus.”

⁷ tn Heb “struck them down and killed them.”

⁸ tn Heb “land.”