2 Kings 1:8
And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
And they answered him, he was an hairy man,.... Either the hair of his head and beard were grown very long, having been much neglected for a great while; or he had an hairy garment on, either of goats' hair, such as the Chinese wear {f}, whose women spin it, see
Exodus 35:26 and of which garments are made; or of camels' hair, such as John the Baptist wore, who came in his spirit and power, and imitated him in his dress, being also, as Elijah here,
girt with a girdle of leather about his loins: for more expeditious travelling, not for warmth, the climate being hot:
And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite; for he had seen him formerly in his father's court in this dress.
{f} Semedo's History of China, part 1. ch. 3.