2Ki 1:7-8 | MHM | STEP | v. 7–8 : When the messengers returned and told Ahaziah what happened, he asked them what the man looked like who gave the message. They described Elijah as a man with a hairy garment and a leather belt (2 Kings 1:7-8 ). Ahaziah recognized him as Elijah, the same prophet who had often warned his father. Elijah’s simple clothes and stern message reminded people of John the Baptist (Matthew 3:4 ). God’s word remains powerful generation after generation (Zechariah 1:6; Hebrews 4:12 ).

‏ 2 Kings 1:7-8

v. 7–8: When the messengers returned and told Ahaziah what happened, he asked them what the man looked like who gave the message. They described Elijah as a man with a hairy garment and a leather belt (2 Kings 1:7-8 ^a). Ahaziah recognized him as Elijah, the same prophet who had often warned his father. Elijah’s simple clothes and stern message reminded people of John the Baptist (Matthew 3:4 ^b). God’s word remains powerful generation after generation (Zechariah 1:6; Hebrews 4:12 ^c).

–