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Jehu Anointed King of Israel

Then Elisha called one of the sons of the prophets and told him, “Hike up your garments for travel,[a] and take this flask of oil in your hand and go to Ramoth Gilead. When you get there, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go in and have him excuse himself from his associates[b] and bring him into an inner room.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 9:1 This refers to gathering up one’s flowing robes around the waist to make it easier to move quickly. We might say, “Tighten your belt.”
  2. 2 Kings 9:2 Literally brothers