Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Kings 9:4

"So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead." — 2 Kings 9:4 (ASV)

Even the young man the prophet. —Rather, the young man of the prophet—i.e., Elisha’s minister. The construction, however, is unusual, and some manuscripts, the Septuagint and the Syriac, omit the young man in the second place. This gives the suitable reading: So the young man, the prophet, went, etc.