1 Kings 19 · Verse 16

1 Kings 19:16

And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel–meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
1 Kings 19:16, King James Version

1 Kings 19:16 in other translations

BSBYou are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.
WEBAnoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel; and anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah to be prophet in your place.
ASVand Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
YLTand Jehu son of Nimshi thou dost anoint for king over Israel, and Elisha son of Shaphat, of Abel-Meholah, thou dost anoint for prophet in thy stead.
DARBYand Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint prophet in thy stead.
BBEAnd on Jehu, son of Nimshi, making him king over Israel; and on Elisha, the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, to be prophet in your place.
WebsterAnd Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.

What does 1 Kings 19:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 19:4-18

4-18. went a day's journey into the wilderness--on the way from Beer-sheba to Horeb--a wide expanse of sand hills, covered with the retem (not juniper, but broom shrubs), whose tall and spreading branches, with their white leaves, afford a very cheering and refreshing shade. His gracious God did not lose sight of His fugitive servant, but watched over him, and, miraculously ministering to his wants, enabled him, in…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 Elisha - shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room - Jarchi gives a strange turn to these words: "Thy prophecy (or execution of the prophetic office) does not please me, because thou art the constant accuser of my children." With all their abominations, this rabbin would have us to believe that those vile idolaters and murderers were still the beloved children of God! And why? Because God had made a covenant with their fathers; therefore said the ancient as well as the modern siren song: "Once in the covenant, always in the covenant; once a son, and a son for ever." And yet we have here the testimony of God's own prophet, and the testimony of their history, that they had forsaken the covenant, and consequently renounced all their interest in it.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 19:14-18

God repeated the question, What doest thou here? Then he complained of his discouragement; and whither should God's prophets go with their complaints of that kind, but to their Master? The Lord gave him an answer. He declares that the wicked house of Ahab shall be rooted out, that the people of Israel shall be punished for their sins; and he shows that Elijah was not left alone as he had supposed, and also that a…

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1 Kings 19:16 in the original Hebrew

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וְאֵת֙ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
יֵה֣וּאye.Hu'JehuH3058
בֶן\־ven-[the] son ofH1121
נִמְשִׁ֔יnim.ShiNimshiH5250
תִּמְשַׁ֥חtim.Shachyou will anointH4886
לְמֶ֖לֶךְle.Me.lekhto kingH4428
עַל\־'al-overH5921
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
אֱלִישָׁ֤ע'e.li.Sha'ElishaH477
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
שָׁפָט֙sha.FatShaphatH8202
מֵאָבֵ֣לme.'a.Velfrom AbelH65
מְחוֹלָ֔הme.cho.LahMeholahH65
תִּמְשַׁ֥חtim.Shachyou will anointH4886
לְנָבִ֖יאle.na.Vi'to prophetH5030
תַּחְתֶּֽיךָ\׃tach.Tei.khain place of youH8478

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Cross references for 1 Kings 19:16

  • 2 Kings 9:1-14

    And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramoth–gilead: 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; Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth–gilead. …

  • 2 Kings 2:9

    And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.

  • 1 Kings 19:19-21

    So he departed thence, 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. And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

  • 2 Kings 2:15

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

  • Judges 7:22

    And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth–shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel–meholah, unto Tabbath.

  • Luke 4:27

    And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.

  • 1 Kings 4:12

    Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth–shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth–shean to Abel–meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jehu.
2Ki 9:1-3,6-14
Elisha.
19-21; Lu 4:27
Eliseus. Abel-meholah.
4:12; Jud 7:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Kings 19:15

    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:

  • 1 Kings 19:16

    And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel–meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.

  • 1 Kings 19:17

    And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

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1 Kings 19:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y á Jehú hijo de Nimsi, ungirás por rey sobre Israel; y á Eliseo hijo de Saphat, de Abelmehula, ungirás para que sea profeta en lugar de ti.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et Jéhu, fils de Nimshi, tu l’oindras pour qu’il soit roi sur Israël, et tu oindras Élisée, fils de Shaphath, d’Abel-Mehola, pour qu’il soit prophète à ta place.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Jehu, den Sohn Nimsis, sollst du zum König über Israel salben; und Elisa, den Sohn Saphats, von Abel-Mehola, sollst du zum Propheten salben an deiner Statt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et Jehu filium Namsi unges regem super Israël: Eliseum autem filium Saphat, qui est de Abelmehula, unges prophetam pro te.