4 Kings 9:12
But they answered: It is false, but rather do thou tell us. And he said to them: Thus and thus did he speak to me: and he said: Thus saith the Lord: I have anointed thee king over Israel.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- At ille responderunt : Falsum est, sed magis narra nobis. Qui ait eis : Hæc et hæc locutus est mihi, et ait : Hæc dicit Dominus : Unxi te regem super Israël.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπεν Ἄδικον· ἀπάγγειλον δὴ ἡμῖν. καὶ εἶπεν Εἰοὺ πρὸς αὐτούς Οὕτως καὶ οὕτως ἐλάλησεν πρὸς μὲ λέγων· καὶ εἶπεν Τάδε λέγει Κύριος Κέχρικά σε εἰς βασιλέα ἐπὶ Ἰσραήλ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ שֶׁ֔קֶר הַגֶּד נָ֖א לָ֑נוּ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר כָּזֹ֤את וְכָזֹאת֙ אָמַ֤ר אֵלַי֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה מְשַׁחְתִּ֥יךָֽ לְמֶ֖לֶךְ אֶל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Haydock's commentary
False. We know not who he was, or what he said; though, from his conduct, we judge that he was one of the prophets. Hence they so readily acquiesced in saluting Jehu king. (Haydock)
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.