Elisha is recorded in Second Kings 6:8-18 as successfully asking God to strike the invading Aramean army blind. In Second Kings 5:1-27, he heals Naaman of leprosy and then refuses Naaman’s offer ...

St. Elisha the Prophet, pray for us! Elijah set out, and came upon Elisha, son of Shaphat, as he was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen; he was following the twelfth.

Elijah later met up with Elisha, who left his family and began to accompany the prophet. One day, as the two men were walking along, Elijah miraculously split open the Jordan River.

When the prophet Elijah came to anoint Elisha to take his place as God’s prophet, Elisha was plowing with 12 oxen. Elijah called him by placing his cloak over Elisha’s shoulders, a symbolic ...

Fact checked by Karen Cilli The name Elijah goes back to the Bible's Old Testament and derives from a Hebrew phrase meaning “Jehovah is my God.” The original, biblical Elijah was a prophet ...

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Moreover, as Jesus’ two examples from 1 Kings 17 and 2 Kings 5 show, Elijah and Elisha worked miracles for persons from outside their home areas and even outside the boundaries of Israel.

In this discourse between Elijah and Elisha, the prophet Elijah says, Tell me what I may do for you before I am taken away from you. Elisha responds, Please, let me inherit a double share of your ...