15 Then the Lord said to him: “Go, return on your way to the Wilderness of Damascus; (A)and when you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Syria. 16 Also you shall anoint (B)Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel. And (C)Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place. 17 (D)It shall be that whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, Jehu will (E)kill; and whoever escapes the sword of Jehu, (F)Elisha will kill. 18 (G)Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal, (H)and every mouth that has not kissed him.”

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