^{6 Ref} They said to him, There came up a man to meet us, and said to us, Go, turn again to the king who sent you, and tell him, Thus says Yahweh, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die.

^{7 Ref} He said to them, What manner of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?

^{8 Ref} They answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a belt of leather about his loins. He said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.