2 Kings 9:4
2 When you arrive, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go in, get him away from his companions, and take him to an inner room.
3 Then take the flask of oil, pour it on his head, and declare, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run. Do not delay!”
So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead,
5 and when he arrived, the army commanders were sitting there. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said. “For which of us?” asked Jehu. “For you, commander,” he replied.
6 So Jehu got up and went into the house, where the young prophet poured the oil on his head and declared, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the LORD’s people Israel.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead,
- KJV
- So the young man, even the young man the 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.
- DARBY
- And the young man, the young prophet, went to Ramoth-Gilead.
- BLB
- And the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
- ÅB
- Så gikk den unge mann - den unge profet - til Ramot i Gilead.
- OTB
- Den unge mannen, som tjente profeten, dro til Ramot i Gilead.
- B1930
- Så gikk den unge mann - den unge profet - til Ramot i Gilead.