2 Kings 9:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up your loins, and take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead:

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  • 1 Sam 10:1 : 1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD has anointed you to be captain over His inheritance?
  • 2 Kgs 4:29 : 29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go your way: if you meet any man, do not greet him; and if any greet you, do not answer him again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
  • 2 Kgs 8:28-29 : 28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. 29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
  • 1 Sam 16:1 : 1 And the LORD said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.
  • 1 Kgs 1:39 : 39 And Zadok the priest took a horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save King Solomon.
  • 1 Kgs 18:46 : 46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
  • 1 Kgs 20:35 : 35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor in the word of the LORD, Strike me, I pray you. And the man refused to strike him.
  • 1 Kgs 22:4 : 4 And he said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.
  • 1 Kgs 22:20 : 20 And the Lord said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
  • 2 Kgs 2:3 : 3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came to Elisha and said to him, Do you know that the LORD will take away your master from over you today? And he said, Yes, I know it; be quiet.
  • 2 Kgs 4:1 : 1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant feared the LORD: and the creditor has come to take my two sons to be slaves.
  • Jer 1:17 : 17 Therefore prepare yourself, and arise, and speak to them all that I command you: do not be dismayed at their faces, lest I confound you before them.
  • Luke 12:35-37 : 35 Let your loins be girded, and your lamps burning; 36 And you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding; that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately. 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the master when he comes shall find watching: truly I say to you, that he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to eat, and will come forth and serve them.
  • 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Therefore, gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully on the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
  • 2 Kgs 6:1-3 : 1 And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place where we live with you is too small for us. 2 Let us go, we pray you, to the Jordan, and take from there each man a beam, and let us make a place there where we may dwell. And he answered, Go. 3 And one said, Please be content, and go with your servants. And he answered, I will go.
  • Deut 4:1 : 1 Now therefore listen, O Israel, to the statutes and the judgments, which I teach you, to do them, that you may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers gives you.
  • Deut 4:3 : 3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD your God has destroyed them from among you.

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  • 2 Kgs 9:2-7
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    84%

    2And when you arrive there, look for Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him rise from among his brothers, and carry him to an inner chamber;

    3Then take the flask of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus says the LORD, I have anointed you king over Israel. Then open the door and flee, and do not linger.

    4So the young man, the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

    5And when he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting; and he said, I have a message for you, O captain. And Jehu said, To which of us all? And he said, To you, O captain.

    6And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed you king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.

    7And you shall strike the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.

  • 1 Kgs 19:15-17
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    15And the LORD said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus, and when you arrive, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.

    16And you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel, and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah shall you anoint to be prophet in your place.

    17And it shall come to pass, that whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall slay; and whoever escapes the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall slay.

  • 2 Kgs 3:11-13
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    11But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?" And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, "Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah."

    12And Jehoshaphat said, "The word of the LORD is with him." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

    13And Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother." And the king of Israel said to him, "No, for the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab."

  • 1 Kgs 22:6
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    6Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I refrain? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the king’s hand.

  • 2 Kgs 2:13-16
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    13He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;

    14And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? And when he also had struck the waters, they divided here and there: and Elisha went over.

    15And when the sons of the prophets who were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

    16And they said to him, Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray you, and seek your master: lest perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, You shall not send.

  • 2 Kgs 6:12-13
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    12And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.

    13And he said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and bring him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

  • 2 Kgs 13:15
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    15Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and arrows." And he took a bow and arrows.

  • 1 Kgs 22:12
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    12And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper, for the Lord will deliver it into the king’s hand.

  • 2 Chr 18:11
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    11And all the prophets prophesied the same, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the king's hand.

  • 2 Kgs 4:38
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    38And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.

  • 2 Chr 18:5
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    5Therefore the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain? And they said, Go up, for God will deliver it into the king's hand.

  • 1 Kgs 22:29
    71%

    29So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead.

  • 2 Kgs 8:14
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    14So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, "What did Elisha say to you?" And he answered, "He told me that you should surely recover."

  • 1 Kgs 19:19
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    19So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed by him and cast his mantle upon him.

  • 2 Kgs 4:1-3
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    1Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant feared the LORD: and the creditor has come to take my two sons to be slaves.

    2And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house? And she said, Your maidservant has nothing in the house except a pot of oil.

    3Then he said, Go, borrow vessels abroad from all your neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

  • 2 Kgs 2:3
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    3And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came to Elisha and said to him, Do you know that the LORD will take away your master from over you today? And he said, Yes, I know it; be quiet.

  • 2 Kgs 5:8-9
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    8And it happened, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

    9So Naaman came with his horses and chariot, and stood at the door of Elisha's house.

  • 2 Chr 18:28
    70%

    28So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.

  • 2 Kgs 2:5
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    5And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha and said to him, Do you know that the LORD will take away your master from over you today? And he answered, Yes, I know it; be quiet.

  • 2 Kgs 6:32
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    32But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man ahead of him: but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

  • 2 Kgs 4:22
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    22And she called to her husband, and said, Send me, I pray you, one of the young men, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.

  • 1 Sam 16:3
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    3And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do: and you shall anoint for me him whom I name to you.

  • 2 Kgs 1:9
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    9Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold, he sat on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him, Man of God, the king has said, Come down.

  • 2 Kgs 4:29
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    29Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go your way: if you meet any man, do not greet him; and if any greet you, do not answer him again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

  • 2 Kgs 9:14
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    14So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was keeping Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.

  • 2 Kgs 8:1
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    1Then Elisha spoke to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Arise, and go you and your household, and stay wherever you can stay: for the LORD has called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land for seven years."

  • 2 Kgs 5:4
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    4And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid who is from the land of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 8:10
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    10And Elisha said to him, "Go, say to him, 'You may certainly recover:' however the LORD has shown me that he shall surely die."

  • 1 Sam 10:1
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    1Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD has anointed you to be captain over His inheritance?

  • 2 Kgs 9:17
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    17And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?

  • 2 Kgs 4:36
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    36And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she came in to him, he said, Take up your son.

  • 1 Kgs 18:46
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    46And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

  • 2 Kgs 1:15
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    15And the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, Go down with him; do not be afraid of him. So he arose and went down with him to the king.

  • 1 Kgs 22:9
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    9Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Bring here Micaiah the son of Imlah quickly.