He said. — Spake. (See Note on 2 Kings 1:3.)
What manner of man? — See margin. The word mishpat here denotes the external characteristics and visible peculiarities by which a man is distinguished (shâphat) from his fellows. (Comp. our expressions “sort,” “fashion,” “style,” and the Vulgate, “Cujus figuræ et habitus est vir ille?” LXX., ἡ κρίσις. Syriac, “appearance,” “look.” Targum, νόμος.)