Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 King 9:4

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 King 9:4 - 9:4

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 King 9:4 - 9:4

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9:1 - 9:1
9:2 - 9:2
9:3 - 9:3
9:4 - 9:4
9:10 - 9:10
9:11 - 9:11
9:13 - 9:13
9:14 - 9:14
9:16 - 9:16
9:17 - 9:17
9:25 - 9:25
9:26 - 9:26
9:27 - 9:27
9:30 - 9:30
9:35 - 9:35
9:36 - 9:36

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 (1Sa 16:13); and, in like manner, the commission had, in this instance, been given also a long time before to Elijah [1Ki 19:16], who, for good reasons, left it in charge to Elisha; and he awaited God’s time and command for executing it [Poole].