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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 19:16 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 19:16 |
King James |
And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Abel-meholah--that is, "the meadow of dancing," in the valley of the Jordan. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Jehu, the son of Nimshi - In reality the grandson of Nimshi. But he seems to have been commonly known by the above title Kg2 9:20; Ch2 22:7, perhaps because his father had died and his grand-father had brought him up.
Abel-meholah - See Jdg 7:22 note. (Conder identifies it with Ain Helweh.)
Elisha ... shalt thou anoint - This is almost the only place where we hear of the anointing of prophets (compare Ch1 16:22 and Psa 105:15). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The son, &c. - That is, his grand - son, for he was the son of Jehosaphat, Kg2 9:2. This was intended as a prediction that by these God would punish the degenerate Israelites, plead his own cause among them, and avenge the quarrel of his covenant. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Elisha - shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room - Jarchi gives a strange turn to these words: "Thy prophecy (or execution of the prophetic office) does not please me, because thou art the constant accuser of my children." With all their abominations, this rabbin would have us to believe that those vile idolaters and murderers were still the beloved children of God! And why? Because God had made a covenant with their fathers; therefore said the ancient as well as the modern siren song: "Once in the covenant, always in the covenant; once a son, and a son for ever." And yet we have here the testimony of God's own prophet, and the testimony of their history, that they had forsaken the covenant, and consequently renounced all their interest in it. |
15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.
7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
2 And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;