Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 9:4

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4-6. So the young man . . . went to Ramoth-gilead —His ready undertaking of this delicate and hazardous mission was an eminent proof of his piety and obedience. The act of anointing being done through a commissioned prophet, was a divine intimation of his investiture with the sovereign power. But it was sometimes done long prior to the actual possession of the throne ( 1 Samuel 16:13 ); and, in like manner, the commission had, in this instance, been given also a long time before to Elijah [ 1 Kings 19:16 ], who, for good reasons, left it in charge to Elisha; and he awaited God's time and command for executing it [POOLE]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-10" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-2ki-9-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/2ki-9-4

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological