2 Kings 9 · Verse 4

2 Kings 9:4

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

2 Kings 9:4, King James Version

2 Kings 9:4 in other translations

BSB	So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead,
WEB	So the young man, the young prophet, went to Ramoth Gilead.
ASV	So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
YLT	And the young man goeth--the young man the prophet--to Ramoth-Gilead,
DARBY	And the young man, the young prophet, went to Ramoth-Gilead.
BBE	So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead.
Webster	So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

What does 2 Kings 9:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 9:4-6

4-6. So the young man ... went to Ramoth-gilead--His ready undertaking of this delicate and hazardous mission was an eminent proof of his piety and obedience. The act of anointing being done through a commissioned prophet, was a divine intimation of his investiture with the sovereign power. But it was sometimes done long prior to the actual possession of the throne (1Sa 16:13); and, in like manner, the commission had, in this instance, been given also a long time before to Elijah [1Ki 19:16], who, for good reasons, left it in charge to Elisha; and he awaited God's time and command for executing it [Poole].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 9:1-10

In these and the like events, we must acknowledge the secret working of God, disposing men to fulfil his purposes respecting them. Jehu was anointed king over Israel, by the Lord's special choice. The Lord still had a remnant of his people, and would yet preserve his worship among them. Of this Jehu was reminded. He was commanded to destroy the house of Ahab, and, as far as he acted in obedience to God, and upon…

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2 Kings 9:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּ֧לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980

הַנַּ֛עַרha.Na.'arthe young manH5288

הַנַּ֥עַרha.Na.'arthe young manH5288

הַנָּבִ֖יאha.na.Vi'the prophetH5030

רָמֹ֥תra.MotRamothH7418

גִּלְעָֽד\׃gil.'AdGileadH1568

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the young man.{Hannäâr 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 [hn`r,] hannäâr, "the young man," is not in {regimine,} but in {appositione,} with [hnby',] {hannavee,} "the prophet."
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Context

2 Kings 9:3
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.
2 Kings 9:4
So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth–gilead.
2 Kings 9:5
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 all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.

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2 Kings 9:4 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Fué pues el mozo, el mozo del profeta, á Ramoth de Galaad.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et le jeune homme, le jeune prophète, s’en alla à Ramoth de Galaad.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und der Jüngling, der Knabe des Propheten, ging nach Ramoth-Gilead.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Abiit ergo adolescens puer prophetæ in Ramoth Galaad,