"*** ELISHA01 ***" "
"A prophet speaking under inspiration . Elisha heals the bad water of Jericho After the Lord took Elijah , the prophet Elisha stayed in Jericho . The men of that city came to him and said , Our lord , this town is well located as you can see , but the water is bad and our women miscarry . Elisha said , Bring me a new bowl with salt in it. So they did as he asked . Elisha went out to the spring and threw the salt into it saying , Jehovah says , I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or miscarriage. The water has remained wholesome to this day. Elisha is"
"mocked by young boys After this Elisha went up to Bethel . As he was walking along the road leading into the city, a large group of young boys from the city began to jeer at him shouting , Go away baldhead Go away baldhead The boys clawed by two she-bears Elisha turned round and cursed them in the name of the Lord . Then two she-bears came out of the forest and clawed forty-two of the boys." 
"*** ELISHA02 ***" 
"Moab rebels at paying tribute to Israel Now the land of Moab raised sheep , and each year the king of Moab paid tribute to Israel of 100 ,000 lambs , and the wool of100,000 rams ."
"2However after Ahab died the king of Moab rebelled against Israel . Therefore Joram who succeeded his father Ahab as king , mustered the army of Israel to attack and subdue Moab . Israel invites Judah to join them in the attack on Moab Joram also sent this message to Jehoshaphat , king of Judah : The king of Moab has rebelled against me . Will you join with me to fight against Moab? He replied , We will go with you . Joram said , By what route should we attack? Jehoshaphat answered , From the south through the desert of Edom . Edom also joins Israel and Judah So the armies of Israel and Judah"
"set out . They were also joined on the way by the army of the king of Edom . The armies run out of water in the desert However after marching for seven days through the desert , the three armies and the animals with them ran out of water . Joram the king of Israel said , Has Jehovah brought we three kings together only to hand us over to Moab? King Jehoshaphat of Judah replied , Is there a prophet among us by whom we can inquire of the Lord? An officer answered , Elisha is with us . Elisha harshly rebukes Joram So the three kings went to Elisha . But Elisha spoke harshly to Joram , king of"
"Israel saying , Go to the prophets of your father and mother . Jerom answered , I will not Now inquire from Jehovah as to why he has brought wethree kings together only to allow us to fall into the hands of Moab . Elisha replied , Were it not for my respect for Jehoshaphat king of Judah I would not even look at you . Elisha calls for a harpist to soothe him in order to obtain revelation from the Lord Then Elisha called for a harpist , and as the harpist played , the word of the Lord came to him. The Lord promises that water will fill the wadi Elisha said , Jehovah says , You will see neither"
"wind nor rain, yet this wadi will fill with water and you and your animals willdrink. Moab to be spoiled Then Elisha prophesied , This is an easy thing in the eyes of the Lord. He will also hand Moab over to you. You shall cut downevery good tree, stop up all the springs, and spoil every good field with stones. Water flows into the wadi The next morning the wadi filled with water . It came flowing through the desert from the direction of Edom . The Moabites think the water stained with blood from infighting and come to plunder the camp Now the Moabites had heard that the kings were marching"
"to fight against them . Therefore all their men , young and old who could bear weapons were encamped on the border waiting . 18When they arose early that morning the sun was shining on the water down in the looked red , like blood . They said , There is blood in the water . The kings must have fought and slaughtered each other . To the spoils Moab Dry wadi in the desert. The Moabites flee and their towns are destroyed But when the Moabites reached the camp of Israel , the Israelites rose up and fought them until they fled . Then they invaded the towns of Moab and slaughtered the Moabites ."
"Whenever they destroyed a town , each man would throw stones on every good field until it was covered . They also stopped up the springs and cut downevery good tree . The land of Moab, looking eastward across the northern tip of the Dead Sea The royal city of Moab is besieged Soon only the royal city of Kir Hareseth remained to be taken . Men armed with slings surrounded the walls and attacked it . The king of Moab sacrifices his son However when the king of Moab saw that the battle was going against him , he took his firstborn son who was to succeed him as king and offered him as a sacrifice"
"on the city wall. Great fury comes upon Israel and they return home Then great fury came against Israel . They abandoned their siege and returned to theirown land." 
"*** ELISHA03 ***" 
"The miracle of the widows oil One day a widow whose husband had belonged to the school of the prophets came toElisha in great distress and cried out , My husband has died , and now a creditor is coming to take my two young sons as his slaves . Elisha said to her , What do you have of value in your house? She answered , Nothing , except a jar of oil . Elisha said , Go and gather empty jars from all your neighbours"
". Obtain as many as you can. Then go inside your house and shut the door behind you and pour oil into all the jars . The widow did as Elisha said . Her young sons brought the jars to her and the oil keptpouring . When all the jars were full , the flow of oil stopped . Then she went out and told Elisha what had happened . He said to her , Go sell the oil and pay your debts . You and your sons can live on what is left . Elisha shown hospitality by a woman of Shunem On another day , when Elisha was in the town of Shunem , a wealthy woman urged him to stop at her home for a meal . From that day ,"
"whenever Elisha went to Shunem he stopped there to eat . The woman and her husband build a room on their roof for Elisha The woman said to her husband , This man who comes often , is a holy man of God . Let us build him a small room on the roof and put intoit a bed , a table , a chair and a lamp . Then he can stay there whenever he comes to us . So they did so . Elisha rewards the woman by blessing her to conceive a son One day when Elisha came , he went up to his room and lay down . Then he said to his servant Gehazi , This woman has gone to all this trouble for us . What can we do for her?"
"Gehazi said , She has no son , and her husband is elderly . Elisha said , Call her . So Gehazi called the woman and she came and stood in the doorway . Elisha said to her , About this time next year you will hold a son in your arms. She said , O man of God , do not raise my hopes . But she conceived , and the next year gave birth to a son just as Elisha had foretold . The womans son dies The child grew , but one day he went out to his father who was with the reapers in the fields demon god Chemosh. There appears to be a law of sacrifice at work here that we do not fully understand.and said to"
"him , My head My head His father called a servant and said , Carry him home to his mother . The servant carried the boy home to his mother who nursed him on her lap until noon , and then he died . The village of Shunem where Elisha often stayed. The woman lays her dead son on Elishas bed and sets off on a donkey to find Elisha The woman carried the boy up to Elisha s room and laid him on the bed and closed thedoor. Then she had a donkey saddled and set out to find Elisha who was at Mount Carmel . She said to her servant who was with her , Urge the donkey on . Do not slow down unless I tell"
"you . Elisha sees her coming and sends Gehazi to find out the problem Elisha saw her coming in the distance and said to his servant Gehazi , Run to meet her . Ask her if everything is all right . The woman said to Gehazi , Everything is all right . The woman reveals her sorrow only to Elisha But when she reached the prophet Elisha , she fell down and took hold of his feet . Gehazi came to push her away but Elisha said , Leave her alone . She is in great distress and the Lord has hidden the reason from me . She said to Elisha , My lord , did I ask you for a son? Did I not say Do not raise my"
"hopes? Gehazi sent ahead to try and revive the boy Elisha said to Gehazi , Quickly Tuck your garment into your belt . Take my staff in your hand and run and lay my staff on the boy s face. But the woman said to Elisha , I will not leave here without you . So Elisha went with her. Gehazi ran on ahead and laid Elisha s staff on the boy s face , but there was no response . He went back to meet Elisha and said , The boy has not awakened . miles). Elisha restores the boy to life When Elisha reached the house he saw the boy lying dead on his bed . He went in to the room alone and closed the door"
"and prayed to the Lord . 25Then he lay upon the boy , mouth to mouth , eyes to eyes , hands to hands , and as he stretched himself out upon him the boy s body grew warm . Elisha arose , paced back and forth in the room and then again stretched himself upon the boy . 27The boy sneezed seven times then opened his eyes . The woman gratefully receives her son Elisha summoned Gehazi and said , Call the woman . When the boy s mother came in he said to her , Take your son . She bowed to the ground at his feet , then took up her son and went out . The poisonous soup When Elisha returned to Gilgal"
"there was a famine in the region . As he sat with the school of the prophets he said to his servant , Put the large pot on and make some soup for these men. While the soup was cooking one of the prophets went out into the fields to gather herbs . He found a wild vine and gathered some of its fruit in the fold of his garment . 32When he returned , he cut them up into the pot of soup . Nobody knew what they were . The soup was poured out for the prophets , but as soon as they tasted it they cried out , There is death in the pot and they could not eat it . Elisha heals the soup Elisha said ,"
"Bring some flour . He stirred the flour into the pot of soup and said to his servant , Serve it to the men to eat . And the bitter taste was gone . The miracle of 20 small loaves feeding 100 men Later a man brought twenty small loaves of barley bread to Elisha . Elisha said to his servant , Give them to the men to eat . His servant replied , How can these feed a men? Elisha answered , Jehovah says , They will eat and have some left over. So his servant set the loaves before them and they all ate and had some left over , according to the word of the Lord."