2 Kings 9:1-3 Flee!

“And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, “Get yourself ready, take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead. Now when you arrive at that place, look there for Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, and go in and make him rise up from among his associates, and take him to an inner room. Then take the flask of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord: “I have anointed you king over Israel.” ’ Then open the door and flee, and do not delay.”” II Kings‬ ‭9‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

a. Called one of the sons of the prophets: This was a young man from the association for training prophets in Israel. We might imagine that Elisha gave him this duty as a class assignment.

i. “This unnamed young prophet is identified in Jewish tradition (Seder Olam) with Jonah (2 Kings 14:25).” (Wiseman)

b. I have anointed you king over Israel: At this time, Joram the son of Ahab was the king of Israel (also called Jehoram in 2 Kings 3). This was the dynasty of Omri, but this dynasty was about to come to an end. The next king would be Jehu, who would begin a new – albeit a brief – dynasty.

i. Though Israel had abandoned God, God had not abandoned Israel. He still had the right to interfere among them. He would appoint and allow kings as He chose, either to bless an obedient Israel or to curse a disobedient nation, according to the terms of His covenant with them at Mount Sinai.

ii. “Jehu is mentioned twice in the cuneiform inscriptions on the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III…. The Shalmaneser inscriptions also give us an objective date for this period in Hebrew chronology, 841 b.c.” (Dilday)

(Guzik)

Flee!

“Then open the door and flee, and do not delay.” 

The Lord can also tell us that to in order to protect us. One such time happened to me as I was walking along a store front a man confronted me who was intoxicated and belligerent. The Lord put on my heart to turn immediately to my left and open the door and flee through a drugstore door. When I did and the door closed behind me he did a flying kick on the glass door and everyone turned to see him running away.

Have you ever had a divine intervention to flee?

Blessings