Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 (I Samuel 16:13); and, in like manner, the commission had, in this instance, been given also a long time before to Elijah [I Kings 19:16], who, for good reasons, left it in charge to Elisha; and he awaited God's time and command for executing it [POOLE].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Kings 9:5:
1 Kings 19:4-18
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