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Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt

2 Kings 1:2

Rembrandt, Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, 1630 · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam · Public domainRembrandt, Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, 1630, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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2 Kings 1:2 (WEB)

Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this sickness.”

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  • “…“and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins;” and by this dress the king at once saw that it was the man of God, and said: “It is Elijah the Tishbite:” i.e., by the evidence of the girdle and the look of the hairy and unkempt body he recognized without the slightest doubt the man of God, because this was…” — editor's note: 2 Kings i. 1–8.

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