Elisha Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Anointing=== Elisha's story is related in the [[Books of Kings]] (Second Scroll, chapters 2β14) in the [[Hebrew Bible]] (part of the [[Nevi'im]]). According to this story, he was a prophet and a wonder-worker of the [[Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)|Kingdom of Israel]] who was active during the reigns of [[Jehoram of Israel|Joram]], [[Jehu]], [[Jehoahaz of Israel|Jehoahaz]], and [[Jehoash of Israel|Jehoash]] (Joash).<ref name="autogenerated1996">Achtemeijer, Paul L. ed., and Dennis R. Bratcher, Ph.D. "Elisha." HarperCollins Bible Dictionary. New York, New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996.</ref> Elisha was the son of [[Shaphat]], a wealthy land-owner of [[Abel-meholah]]; he became the attendant and disciple of Elijah.<ref name=je>{{cite web|url=http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/5682-elisha|title="Elisha", ''Jewish Encyclopedia''}}</ref> His name first occurs in chapter 19 of the Books of Kings in the command given to Elijah to [[Anointing|anoint]] him as his successor. After learning in the [[Cave of Elijah|cave]] on [[Mount Horeb]], that Elisha, the son of Shaphat, had been selected by [[Yahweh]] as his successor in the prophetic office, Elijah set out to find him. On his way from Mount Horeb to [[Damascus]], Elijah found Elisha ploughing with twelve yokes of oxen.<ref name=Basilica>[https://www.nationalshrine.org/blog/biblical-figures-elisha-miracle-worker/ "Biblical Figures: Elisha, Miracle Worker", Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, February 1, 2021]</ref> Elijah went over to him, threw his [[Mantle (clothing)|mantle]] over Elisha's shoulders, investing him with the prophetic office.<ref name=je/> Elisha delayed only long enough to kill the yoke of oxen, whose flesh he boiled with the wood of his plough. After he had shared this farewell repast with his father, mother, and friends, the newly chosen prophet "went after Elijah, and ministered unto him".<ref name=dothie>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=reQEAAAAQAAJ|title=Dothie, William Plaskett. ''The history of the prophet Elisha''|last1=Dothie|first1=William Plaskett|year=1872}}</ref> Elisha became Elijah's close attendant until Elijah was taken up into [[heaven]], although no details of Elisha are given during those years. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page