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American Standard Version

2 Kings 9:4

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church and State;   Enthusiasm;   Jehu;   Ramoth-Gilead;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jezebel;   King, Kings;   Ramoth;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Jehu;   Ramoth-gilead;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Elijah;   Prophet;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Jehu;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Ramoth-Gilead;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Jehu;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jehu ;   Ramoth Gilead ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jehu;   Ramothgilead;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jehu;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jehu;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead.
Hebrew Names Version
So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramot-Gil`ad.
King James Version
So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead.
English Standard Version
So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
New Century Version
So the young man, the prophet, went to Ramoth in Gilead.
New English Translation
So the young prophet went to Ramoth Gilead.
Amplified Bible
So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
New American Standard Bible
So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So the seruat of ye Prophet gate him to Ramoth Gilead.
Legacy Standard Bible
So the young man—the young man of the prophet—went to Ramoth-gilead.
Contemporary English Version
The young prophet left for Ramoth.
Complete Jewish Bible
So the young prophet left for Ramot-Gil‘ad.
Darby Translation
And the young man, the young prophet, went to Ramoth-Gilead.
Easy-to-Read Version
So this young man, the prophet, went to Ramoth Gilead.
George Lamsa Translation
So the young prophet went to Ramath-gilead.
Good News Translation
So the young prophet went to Ramoth,
Lexham English Bible
So the young man, servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-Gilead.
Literal Translation
And the young man went, the servant of the prophet, to Ramoth-gilead.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the prophetes yonge man, the childe wente his waye vnto Ramoth in Gilead.
Bible in Basic English
So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so the seruaunt of the prophete gat him to Ramoth Gilead:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
King James Version (1611)
So the yong man, euen the yong man the Prophet, went to Ramoth Gilead:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the young man the prophet went to Remmoth Galaad.
English Revised Version
So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth–gilead.
Berean Standard Bible
So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the yong wexynge man, the child of the prophete, yede in to Ramoth of Galaad, and entride thidur.
Young's Literal Translation
And the young man goeth -- the young man the prophet -- to Ramoth-Gilead,
Update Bible Version
So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
Webster's Bible Translation
So the young man, [even] the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
World English Bible
So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
New King James Version
So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth Gilead.
New Living Translation
So the young prophet did as he was told and went to Ramoth-gilead.
New Life Bible
So the young servant of the man of God went to Ramoth-gilead.
New Revised Standard
So the young man, the young prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So the young man went his way - the young man the prophet - unto Ramoth-gilead.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went away to Ramoth Galaad,
Revised Standard Version
So the young man, the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
THE MESSAGE
The young prophet went to Ramoth Gilead. On arrival he found the army officers all sitting around. He said, "I have a matter of business with you, officer." Jehu said, "Which one of us?" "With you, officer."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

Contextual Overview

1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this vial of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead. 2 And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber. 3 Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith Jehovah, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. 4 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. 5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of us all? And he said, To thee, O captain. 6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of Jehovah, even over Israel. 7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah, at the hand of Jezebel. 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel. 9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. 10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the young man: Hannaâr hannavee, not as some would render, "the servant of the prophet," but, as correctly rendered by our venerable translators, "the young man, the prophet;" for הנער, hannaâr, "the young man," is not in regimine, but in appositione, with הנביא, hannavee, "the prophet." 2 Kings 9:4

Cross-References

Genesis 9:10
and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth.
Genesis 9:14
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud,
Leviticus 3:17
It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.
Leviticus 7:26
And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of bird or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
Leviticus 19:26
Ye shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practise augury.
Deuteronomy 12:16
Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
Deuteronomy 12:23
Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.
Deuteronomy 14:21
Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou mayest give it unto the sojourner that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner: for thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
Deuteronomy 15:23
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water.
Acts 15:20
but that we write unto them, that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead. It is repeated, that it might be observed that it was a young man that went, who was more fit for this service than Elisha, partly because of his age, and partly because he would be less known; as also his age is remarked, this being a bold and daring action in a young man to anoint a new king, as well as it was honourable; and moreover, he was not only one of the sons of the prophets, but was a prophet himself, though young, and still a more fit person for such a service; though the Targum is, a young man, a disciple of the prophets.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 9:4. The young man the prophet — This should be translated, The servant of the prophet; that is, the servant which Elisha now had in place of Gehazi.


 
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