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Schools of the Prophets

(1 Sam. 19:18-24; 2 Kings 2:3, 5, 7, 12, 15) were instituted for the purpose of training young men for the prophetical and priestly offices. (See [553]PROPHET; [554]SAMUEL.)

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Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)