2 Kings 9:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So the young man went to Ramoth-gilead It argued great faith in this young prophet that he undertook so readily the execution of this command. For there was no small danger in anointing a new king, as Elisha himself plainly intimated, when he ordered him to flee away as fast as he could, as soon as he had performed his office.