2 Kings 9:1
And Eliseus the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, slid said to him: Gird up thy loins, and take this little bottle of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth Galaad.
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Deuteronomy 4:3Your eyes have seen all that the Lord hath done against Beelphegor, how he hath destroyed all his worshippers from among you.
1 Samuel 16:1And the Lord said to Samuel. How It long wilt thou mourn for Saul, whom I have rejected from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and come, that I may send thee to Isai the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
1 Kings 18:46And the hand of the Lord was upon Elias, and he girded up his loins and ran before Achab, till he came to Jezrahel.
1 Kings 22:4And he said to Josaphat: Wilt thou come with me to battle to Ramoth Galaad ?
2 Kings 2:3The sons of the prophets, that were at Bethel, came forth to Eliseus, and said to him: Dost thou know that this day the Lord will take away thy master from thee? And he answered: I also know it: hold your peace.
2 Kings 2:7And fifty men of the sons of the prophets followed them, and stood in sight at a distance: but they two stood by the Jordan.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 9:1
Hazael and Jehu were the men that were designed to be the instruments of God's justice in punishing and destroying the house of Ahab. Elijah was told to appoint them to this service; but, upon Ahab's humiliation, a reprieve was granted, and so it was left to Elisha to appoint them. Hazael's elevation to the throne of Syria we read of in the foregoing chapter; and we must now attend Jehu to the throne of Israel; for him that escapeth the sword of Hazael, as Joram and Ahaziah did, Jehu must slay, of which this… Read the whole commentary →