Elisha
And it shall come to pass, [that] him that escapeth the sword
of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the
sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay....
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And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had
restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose
son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house
and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this [is]
the woman, and this [is] her son, whom Elisha restored to
life....
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And it was [so], when Elisha the man of God had heard that the
king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king,
saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now
to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel....
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(Hebrew: אֱלִישַׁע, Modern Elišaʿ Tiberian ʾĔlîšaʿ ; "My God is
salvation", Greek: Ἐλισσαῖος, Elissaios or Ἐλισαιέ, Elisaie,
Arabic: إليسع Elyasaʿ; pronounced /ɨˈlaɪʃə/[1]) is a prophet
of the Hebrew Bible. To many Roman Catholics and Eastern
Orthodox he is known as Saint Eliseus; however, the standard
English form of the name has been "Elish...
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A prophet, the disciple and successor of Elijah. He was the
son of Shaphat, lived at Abel-meholah, at the northern end of
the Jordan valley and a little South of the Sea of Galilee.
Nothing is told of his parents but the father's name, though
he must have been a man of some wealth and doubtless of
earnest piety. No hint is given of Elisha's ag...
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(Successor to the prophet Elijah)
-Elijah instructed to anoint
1Ki 19:16
-Called by Elijah
1Ki 19:19
-Ministers unto Elijah
1Ki 19:21
-Witnesses Elijah's transporting, receives a double portion
of
his spirit
2Ki 2:1-15; 3:11
-Mocked by the young men of Beth-el
2Ki 2:23,24
-Causes the king to restore the property of the hospitable
Shun...
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(God his salvation), son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah; the
attendant and disciple of Elijan, and subsequently his
successor as prophet of the kingdom of Israel. The earliest
mention of his name is in the command to Elijah in the cave
at Horeb. 1Ki 19:16,17 (B.C. about 900.) Elijah sets forth
to obey the command, and comes upon his successor enga...
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God his salvation, the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, who
became the attendant and disciple of Elijah (1 Kings
19:16-19).
His name first occurs in the command given to Elijah
to anoint
him as his successor (1 Kings 19:16). This was the
only one of
the three commands then given to Elijah which he
accomplished.
On his way from Sinai to Dama...
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("God for salvation".) ELISEUS in New Testament. Shaphat's
son, of Abel Meholah ("meadow of the dance"), in the Jordan
valley. See his call: ELIJAH. He was engaged at field work,
12 yoke before him, i.e. himself with the 12th while the
other 11 were in other parts of the field; or, as land was
measured by "yokes of oxen," he had plowed land to...
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