¹⁵And the Lord said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of ^qDamascus: and when thou comest, ^ranoint Hazael to be king over Syria: ¹⁶And ^sJehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and ^*Elisha the son of Shaphat of ^tAbel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. ¹⁷And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of ^uHazael shall ^xJehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu ^yshall Elisha slay. ¹⁸Yet ^z^||I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and ^aevery mouth which hath not kissed him.

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Footnotes

qSee ch. 11:24.
*Luke 4:27 called Eliseus.
tSee Judg. 7:22.
uver. 15. 2 Kin. 8:8, 12. & 9:14, &c. & 13:3, 22, 24.
x2 Kin. ch. 9 & 10.
yComp. Hos. 6:5.
zCited Rom. 11:4.
||Or, I will leave.
aSee Gen. 41:40 marg.

Cross references

r 2 Kin. 8:12, 13.
s 2 Kin. 9:1–3. Ecclus. 48:8.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the Lord said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place. And the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha put to death. Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Lord said to him, “Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram. Also, anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet. Jehu will put to death any who escape the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death any who escape the sword of Jehu. Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then the Lord said to him, “Go and return by the way you came to the Wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael as king over Aram. You are to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah as prophet in your place. Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu. But I will leave seven thousand in Israel—every knee that has not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then the Lord told him, “Go back the same way you came, and travel to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive there, anoint Hazael to be king of Aram. Then anoint Jehu grandson of Nimshi to be king of Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from the town of Abel-meholah to replace you as my prophet. Anyone who escapes from Hazael will be killed by Jehu, and those who escape Jehu will be killed by Elisha! Yet I will preserve 7,000 others in Israel who have never bowed down to Baal or kissed him!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then Yahweh said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. Go and anoint Hazael as king over Aram; and Jehu son of Nimshi you shall anoint as king over Israel. You shall also anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-Meholah as prophet in your place. It shall be that the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall kill. I will leave in Israel seven thousand, all of the knees that have not bowed down to Baal and all of the mouths that have not kissed him.”