4 Kings 3:11
And Josaphat said: Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may beseech the Lord by him? And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered: Here is Eliseus the son of Saphat, who poured water on the hands of Elias.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et ait Josaphat : Estne hic propheta Domini, ut deprecemur Dominum per eum ? Et respondit unus de servis regis Israël : Est hic Eliseus filius Saphat, qui fundebat aquam super manus Eliæ.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπεν Ἰωσαφάθ Οὐκ ἔστιν ὧδε προφήτης τοῦ κυρίου καὶ ἐπιζητήσωμεν τὸν κύριον παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ; καὶ ἀπεκρίθη εἷς τῶν παίδων βασιλέως Ἰσραὴλ καὶ εἶπεν Ὧδε Ἐλεισαῖε υἱὸς Ἰωσαφάθ, ὃς ἐπέχεεν ὕδωρ ἐπὶ χεῖρας Ἠλειού.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗ט הַאֵ֨ין פֹּ֤ה נָבִיא֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וְנִדְרְשָׁ֥ה אֶת יְהוָ֖ה מֵאוֹת֑וֹ וַ֠יַּעַן אֶחָ֞ד מֵעַבְדֵ֤י מֶֽלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וַיֹּ֔אמֶר פֹּ֚ה אֱלִישָׁ֣ע בֶּן שָׁפָ֔ט אֲשֶׁר יָ֥צַק מַ֖יִם עַל יְדֵ֥י אֵלִיָּֽהוּ
Haydock's commentary
Elias, a proverbial expression to denote that he waited upon him, though the prophet's rough manner of living would require but little attendance. So John the Baptist speaks of untying our Saviour's shoes, Matthew iii. (Calmet)
Providence had sent Eliseus to attend the army (Haydock) contrary to his custom. (Calmet)
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.