Elisha
Elisha was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a Jewish prophet and a wonder-worker.
Quotes
[edit]- (To Elijah, who had asked him what he could do for him before he was taken up into Heaven) Please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.
- 2 Kings 2,9 (NKJV).
- My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!
- 2 Kings 2,12 (NKJV).
Quotes about
[edit]- When Elijah was enveloped in the whirlwind,
Elisha was filled with his spirit.
He performed twice as many signs,
and marvels with every utterance of his mouth.
Never in his lifetime did he tremble before any ruler,
nor could anyone intimidate him at all.
Nothing was too hard for him,
and when he was dead, his body prophesied.- Sirach 48,12-13 (NRSVA).
- Then the Lord said to him [Elijah]: “Go, return on your way to the Wilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Syria. Also you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel. And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place.
- 1 Kings 19,15-16 (NKJV).
- Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up the road, some youths came from the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
So he turned around and looked at them, and pronounced a curse on them in the name of the Lord. And two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.- 2 Kings 2,23-24 (NKJV).
- So it was, as they were burying a man, that suddenly they spied a band of raiders; and they put the man in the tomb of Elisha; and when the man was let down and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.
- 2 Kings 13,21-22 (NKJV).
