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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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15And Yahweh said to him, “Go, return by your way to the wilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael as king over Aram.”

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

17And it shall be that whoever escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall put to death; and whoever escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall put to death.

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