6 They answered him, “There came a man to meet us, who said to us, ‘Go back 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 leave the bed to which you have gone, but shall surely die.’ ”

7 He said to them, “What sort of man was he who came to meet you and told you these things?”

8 They answered him, “A hairy man, with a leather belt around his waist.” He said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”