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Elijah is instructed to return and designate Hazael, Jehu and Elisha for future roles.
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1 Kings 19:15-17

A commission to return

Elijah at Horeb and Elisha’s Call · 1 Kings 19

Story guide: Elijah receives his instructions to go back toward Damascus and anoint Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha; the setting and God's presence are not depicted in detail.

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15Yahweh said to him, “Go back the way you came, and go to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Aram.

16Anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah as prophet in your place.

17Jehu will put to death whoever escapes Hazael’s sword, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes Jehu’s sword.

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