1 Kings 19:15
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| Overview - 1 Kings 19 | |
| 1 | Elijah, threatened by Jezebel, flees to Beer-sheba. |
| 4 | In the wilderness, being weary of his life, he is comforted by an angel. |
| 9 | At Horeb God appears unto him, sending him to anoint Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha. |
| 19 | Elisha, taking leave of his friends, follows Elijah. |
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1 Kings 19:15 (King James Version)
And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:
- wilderness of Damascus
- The wilderness of Damascus seems to have been that part of Arabia Deserta which lay on the south-east of that city, and east of the Trachonites, or the Djebel Haouran and El Ledja; at which the prophet could arrive without meeting Jezebel or any of his enemies.
- Genesis 14:15 ; 2 Kings 8:7 ; Acts 9:2 Acts 9:3
- anoint
- Isaiah 45:1 ; Jeremiah 1:10 ; 27:2-22
- Hazael
- 2 Kings 8:8-15 2 Kings 8:28 ; 9:14 Amos 1:4