SEV Biblia, Chapter 19:17
Y será, que el que escapare del cuchillo, de Hazael, Jehú lo matará; y el que escapare del cuchillo de Jehú, Eliseo lo matará.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 19:17
Verse 17. Shall Elisha slay.] We do not find that Elisha either used the sword, or commissioned it to be used, though he delivered solemn prophecies against this disobedient people: and this is probably the sense in which this should be understood, as Elisha was prophet before Hazael was king, and Hazael was king before Jehu; and the heavy famine which he brought on the land took place before the reign either of Jehu or Hazael. The meaning of the prophecy may be this: Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha, shall be the ministers of my vengeance against this disobedient and rebellious people. The order of time, here, is not to be regarded.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 17. And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay , etc.] Which suggests that many should be slain in Israel by them both, as were by Hazael, ( 2 Kings 10:32,33) and by Jehu, ( 2 Kings 9:24,33 10:1-7), and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay ; which may be understood either literally of the forty two children cursed by him, in consequence of which they were destroyed by bears, ( 2 Kings 2:24) or rather figuratively by his prophecies, (see Hosea 6:5) who foretold the slaughters made by Hazael and Jehu, as well as others, (see 2 Kings 8:12 9:7,8), these several things were not done in the order in which they are here put; for what Elisha did was before Hazael and Jehu, and Jehu before Hazael; these words therefore do not respect the exact order of time in which they should be done, only that each should do the part appointed and assigned unto him, and what could not be so well done by the other; thus Hazael was to destroy those that came out to war; and Jehu Ahab’s family that did not; and Elisha the children of idolatrous parents at Bethel, that came not within the reach of either; though it may be observed, that Hazael began to distress Israel before Jehu appeared, ( 2 Kings 8:28,29) and the prophecies of Elisha might not have their full accomplishment until after Hazael and Jehu had done what was appointed for them.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 14-18 - God repeated the question, What doest thou here? Then he complained of his discouragement; and whither should God's prophets go with their complaints of that kind, but to their Master? The Lord gave him a answer. He declares that the wicked house of Ahab shall be rooted out that the people of Israel shall be punished for their sins; and he shows that Elijah was not left alone as he had supposed, and also tha a helper should at once be raised up for him. Thus all his complaint are answered and provided for. God's faithful ones are often his hidde ones, Ps 83:3, and the visible church is scarcely to be seen: the whea is lost in chaff, and the gold in dross, till the sifting, refining separating day comes. The Lord knows them that are his, though we d not; he sees in secret. When we come to heaven we shall miss many who we thought to have met there; we shall meet many whom we little though to have met there. God's love often proves larger than man's charity and far more extended.
Original Hebrew
והיה 1961 הנמלט 4422 מחרב 2719 חזאל 2371 ימית 4191 יהוא 3058 והנמלט 4422 מחרב 2719 יהוא 3058 ימית 4191 אלישׁע׃ 477
