And it was [so], when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
Ver. 8. Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes?] Knowest thou not that God doth both kill and make alive at the prayer of the faithful? Hoc peto et volo, et fiat voluntas mea, said Luther, praying for Miconius, a godly minister far gone in a deep consumption; and he recovered.
And he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.] Though thou and thy courtiers will take little knowledge of me: nor so much as consult with me in this great affair.