Discovery Box2 Kings 1:8 
Context1:8 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
Context16:11 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
Context25:21 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.
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.”
