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JEHU ANOINTED BY ELISHA’S MESSENGER AS KING OF ISRAEL. HE SLAYS JEHORAM. AHAZIAH AND JEZEBEL. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 22:7-9.)
(1) And Elisha the prophet called. — Rather, meanwhile Elisha had called — i.e., while Joram was lying ill of his wounds. The Hebrew construction again indicates not so much succession as contemporaneousness.
One of the children (sons) of the prophets. — Rashi says it was Jonah, who is mentioned in 2 Kings 14:25.
Box. — The same word occurs again only in 1 Samuel 10:1. Render, phial.