Adam Clarke Commentary - 2 King 1:8

Adam Clarke Commentary - 2 King 1:8 - 1:8

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Adam Clarke Commentary - 2 King 1:8 - 1:8

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He was a hairy man - That is, he wore a rough garment, either made of camels’ hair, as his successor John Baptist’s was, or he wore a skin dressed with the hair on. Some think that the meaning is, he had very long hair and a long beard. The ancient prophets all wore rough garments, or upper coats made of the skins of beasts: They wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins, says the apostle, Heb 11:37.