Elisha
the disciple of Elijah

Who was Elisha?
- Son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen when Elijah threw his cloak over him. 1 Kings 19:19
- He asked for a double portion of Elijah’s spirit and saw him go up to heaven. Afterward he worked many miracles. 2 Kings 2:9-12; Sirach 48:12
- He healed Naaman, a foreign general, of leprosy. Jesus recalled it in the synagogue at Nazareth. 2 Kings 5:14; Luke 4:27
What the Bible says
1 Kings 19:19
And Elias departing from thence, found Eliseus the son of Saphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen: and he was one of them that were ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen: and when Elias came up to him, he cast his mantle upon him.
2 Kings 2:9-12; Sirach 48:12
9And when they were gone over, Elias said to Eliseus: Ask what thou wilt have me to do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Eliseus said: I beseech thee that in me may be thy double spirit. 10And he answered: Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless if thou see me when I am taken from thee, thou shalt have what thou hast asked: but if thou see me not, thou shalt not have it. 11And as they went on, walking and talking together, behold a fiery chariot, and fiery horses parted them both asunder: and Elias went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 12And Eliseus saw him, and cried: My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the driver thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own garments, and rent them in two pieces.
2 Kings 5:14; Luke 4:27
Then he went down, and washed in the Jordan seven times: according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored, like the flesh of a little child, and he was made clean.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
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