Cross references

2 Kings 1:8

“He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.”

“It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.

2 Kings 1:8 BSB
  1. a Or He had a garment of hair

2 Kings 1:8 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 3:4 (6 votes) and Zechariah 13:4 (5 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from 1 Kings 18 to Revelation 11.

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Which verses does 2 Kings 1:8 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

  2. And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.

  3. Mark 1:63 votes

    John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

  4. the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.

  5. Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothing are found in kings’ palaces.

  6. Luke 1:172 votes

    And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

  7. And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

Which verses point to 2 Kings 1:8?

The 10 strongest of 11.