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In II Kings 9:3 Elisha instructs one of his disciples to travel to Ramot-Gilad to anoint Jehu as the new king of Israel. The instruction ends with the odd addition to \u201cthen open the door and flee without delay.\u201d The disciple follows Elisha\u2019s instructions- although with additional detail about the destruction of the house of Ahab. In 9:10, the prophet makes sure that we know that the disciple opens the door and flees, following the curious additional instruction of Elisha. Why would this odd instruction be part of the message to Jehu? If it was simply that Elisha feared that his disciple was in mortal danger promoting a coup headed by a top general of Israel, then why send the disciple in the first place? Furthermore, once the disciple sees that Jehu does not immediately call for his arrest or death for his treasonous act, why would he need to flee?<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps the reason is that Elisha was trying to send an additional message with the actions of his disciple and not just his words. Through his action the disciple is both anointing Jehu and also quickly running away.\u00a0 The message to Jehu is that God has anointed you as king of Israel, but he can just as easily \u201crun away\u201d from his support of you. In fact, we see at the end of the 10<\/span>th<\/span> chapter that this is precisely what happens. Even though Jehu commits to fulfill the instruction of the disciple in destroying the house of Ahab, Jezebel, and Baal, he does not fully commit. God then removes his protection from Jehu, and we are told in II Kings 10:30-32 that God allows for the reduction of Israel by the capture of the Transjordan territories.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this way we see that a prophet’s actions are just as important as his or her words.<\/span><\/p>\n

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