<p class="bodytext">Elisha said to the king of Israel, &#8220;Why are you here?<n id="1" /> Go to your father&#8217;s prophets or your mother&#8217;s prophets!&#8221; The king of Israel replied to him, &#8220;No, for the <sc>Lordsc> is the one who summoned these three kings so that he can hand them over to Moab.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> solemnly warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and all the seers, &#8220;Turn back from your evil ways; obey my commandments and rules that are recorded in the law. I ordered your ancestors to keep this law and sent my servants the prophets to remind you of its demands.&#8221;<n id="1" />

So now, bring to me all the prophets of Baal, as well as all his servants and priests.<n id="1" /> None of them must be absent, for I am offering a great sacrifice to Baal. Any of them who fail to appear will lose their lives.&#8221; But Jehu was tricking them<n id="2" /> so he could destroy the servants of Baal.