2 Kings 9:1
And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up thy loins, and take this cruse of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
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Deuteronomy 4:3Your eyes have seen all that the Lord our God did in the case of Baal-peor; for every man that went after Baal-peor, the Lord your God has utterly destroyed him from among you.
1 Samuel 16:1And the Lord said to Samuel, How long dost thou mourn for Saul, whereas I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and come, I will send thee to Jesse, to Bethlehem; for I have seen among his sons a king for me.
1 Kings 18:46And the hand of the Lord was upon Elijah, and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to Jezreel.
1 Kings 22:4And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go up with us to Ramoth-gilead to battle?
2 Kings 2:3And the sons of the prophets who were in Bethel came to Elisha, and said to him, Dost thou know, that the Lord this day is going to take thy lord away from thy head? And he said, Yea, I know it; be silent.
2 Kings 2:7And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went also, and they stood opposite afar off: and both stood on the bank of 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 →