2Ki 1:6-8 | NASB1995 | STEP | They said to him, “ A man came up to meet us and said to us, ‘ Go , return to the king who sent you and say to him, “ Thus says the Lord , ‘ Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-zebub , the god of Ekron ? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die .’”’”

2 Kings 1:6-8

6 They said to him, “A man came up to meet us and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you and say to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending ^ato inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore ^{▼▼ V 4, note 1}you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.’”’” 7 He said to them, “What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?” 8 They ^{▼▼ Lit said}answered him, ^d“He was a hairy man with a leather girdle ^{▼▼ Or girt}bound about his loins.” And he said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”