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Then he said, "^(q)I have been very zealous for the Lord , the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away."

The Lord said to him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus, and when you have arrived, ^(r)you shall anoint Hazael king over Aram;

and ^(s)Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint king over Israel; and ^(t)Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place.

It shall come about, the ^(u)one who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu ^(v)shall put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall put to death.

^(w)Yet I will leave 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not ^(x)kissed him."