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.

¹⁹So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast ^bhis mantle upon him. ²⁰And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, ^cLet me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, ^†Go back again: for what have I done to thee? ²¹And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh ^dwith the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and ^ewent after Elijah, and ^fministered unto him.

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*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.
b 2 Kin. 2:8, &c.
†Heb. Go return.
fSo 2 Kin. 6:15.

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