2 Kings 1:7-9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁷ The king asked them, ‘What sort of man came up to meet you and spoke those words to you? ’

⁸ They replied, ‘A hairy man with a leather belt round his waist.’^(A)

He said, ‘It’s Elijah the Tishbite.’^(B)

⁹ So King Ahaziah sent a captain with his fifty men^(C) to Elijah. When the captain went up to him, he was sitting on top of the hill. He announced, ‘Man of God,^(D) the king declares, “Come down! ” ’