15Yahweh said to him, |Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.


In Context

12 After the earthquake a fire passed; but Yahweh was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

13 It was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Behold, a voice came to him, and said, |What are you doing here, Elijah?|

14 He said, |I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.|

15 Yahweh said to him, |Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.

16 You shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel; and you shall anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah to be prophet in your place.

17 It shall happen, that he who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and he who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.

1 Kings 19:15 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:15The Lord said to him, "Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:15And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael [to be] king over Syria:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:15And the Lord said to him: Go, and return on thy way through the desert to Damascus: and when thou art come thither, thou shalt anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:15And Jehovah said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, thou shalt anoint Hazael to be king over Syria;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:15And Jehovah said to him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus; and when thou comest, anoint Hazael king over Syria;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:15And the LORD said unto him, Go return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, thou shalt anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:15And the LORD said to him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:15And Jehovah saith unto him, 'Go turn back on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus, and thou hast gone in, and anointed Hazael for king over Aram,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:15And the LORD said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when you come, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria: