3 Kings 19:16
And thou shalt anoint Jehu the son of Namsi to be king over Israel: and Eliseus the son of Saphat, of Abelmeula, thou shalt anoint to be prophet in thy room.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- et Jehu filium Namsi unges regem super Israël : Eliseum autem filium Saphat, qui est de Abelmehula, unges prophetam pro te.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ τὸν υἱὸν Εἰοὺ υἱοῦ Ναμεσθεὶ χρίσεις εἰς βασιλέα ἐπὶ Ἰσραήλ· καὶ τὸν Ἐλεισαῖε υἱὸν Σαφὰθ χρίσεις ἐξ Ἐβαλμαουλὰ προφήτην ἀντὶ σοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְאֵת֙ יֵה֣וּא בֶן נִמְשִׁ֔י תִּמְשַׁ֥ח לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עַל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְאֶת אֱלִישָׁ֤ע בֶּן שָׁפָט֙ מֵאָבֵ֣ל מְחוֹלָ֔ה תִּמְשַׁ֥ח לְנָבִ֖יא תַּחְתֶּֽיךָ
Haydock's commentary
Jehu, the son of Jospahat, (4 Kings ix. 2.) and grandson of Namsi. (Menochius)
Eliseus sent one of his disciples to anoint him, (4 Kings ix. 1.; Calmet) with common oil; the sacred was reserved for priests and the kings of Juda, according to the Rabbins.
Anoint, or call to the ministry, perhaps by placing a mantle on his head, ver. 19. No mention is made of unction. (Calmet)
Yet the Fathers have hence inferred that prophets received it, as well as priests and kings. (Sanctius)
Elias had complained that he was left alone. God appoints him a coadjutor, and successor; a person who seemed to have yet made no immediate preparation for the office. His parents were probably known for their probity, and had taken no part in the worship of idols. (Calmet)
Abelmeula was in the great plain, ten miles south of Scythopolis. (Eusebius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.