a writing] Which Elijah had written before his assumption, and left behinde him. For it is evident, 2 Kings 3:11. That Elijah was translated in Jehoshaphats time: As the man of God prophesied of Josiah long before his time (1 Kin. 13. 2.) and Isaiah of Cyrus (Isaiah 45:1.) and Daniel of the monarchs (Dan. 7. 1, &c.) so Elijah of Jhoram. For he would not endure a living prophet to declare the truth unto him.