OLD TESTAMENT

2 Kings 9:1

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Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, “Put your belt on your waist, take this vial of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.

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Verse 1. One. The Rabbins say Jonas; who at this rate, must have been very young, as he prophesied 50 years afterwards, under Jeroboam II. Calmet.—Eliseus did not go himself, to avoid giving umbrage, and in obedience to God’s order. Menochius.

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