Ecclesiasticus 48:8
Who anointedst kings to penance, and madest prophets successors after thee.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- qui ungis reges ad pœnitentiam, et prophetas facis successores post te :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
Haydock's commentary
Penance. Greek, "reward," (Haydock) or punish the guilty. Hazael and Jehu were anointed by Eliseus, though by order of Elias.
Thee. Eliseus was called from the plough, and adhered to his master, who governed the sons of the prophets in large communities.
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.