1:3 But the Lord’s angelic messenger told Elijah the Tishbite, “Get up, go to meet the messengers from the king of Samaria. Say this to them: ‘You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are on your way to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub the god of Ekron. ¹  1:8 They replied, ²  “He was a hairy man ³  and had a leather belt ⁴  tied around his waist.” The king ⁵  said, “He is Elijah the Tishbite.”

9:1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.