an hairy man: That is, he wore a rough garment, either made of camels' hair, as that of John Baptist, or of a skin, dressed with the hair on. Sir J. Chardin informs us, in a manuscript note on this place, cited by Mr. Harmer, that the eastern dervishes and fakeers are clothed just as Elijah was, with a hairy garment, girded with a leathern girdle. Isa 20:2, Zec 13:4, Mat 3:4, Mat 11:8, Luk 1:17, Rev 11:3 Reciprocal: 2Ki 1:3 - Elijah 2Ki 2:8 - his mantle Mar 1:6 - clothed Luk 7:25 - A man Heb 11:37 - in sheepskins