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The divided kingdom

Elisha's ministry

896–838 BCApproximate date

2 Kings 2–13; Luke 4:27

For about sixty years Elisha served as Israel's prophet, performing more recorded miracles than anyone in the Old Testament except Moses.

Elisha prayed, and said, “Yahweh, please open his eyes, that he may see.” Yahweh opened the young man’s eyes, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha.

2 Kings 6:17 (World English Bible)

Elisha purified a spring, multiplied a widow's oil, raised a Shunammite woman's son, fed a hundred men with twenty loaves, made an axe head float, and opened his servant's eyes to see the hills full of God's fiery army. He anointed Jehu and foretold Aram's defeats.

Even after his death, a dead man thrown into his tomb came back to life when he touched Elisha's bones (2 Kings 13:21).

Places

JordanMoabSamariaEdomSyriaBethelJerichoDamascusRamoth-gileadMount CarmelAramShunemKir-haresethAphekDothanGilgalBaal-shalishah

Dating notes

From Elijah's departure (896 BC) to his death in the reign of Jehoash of Israel (who began in 839 BC). The end date is an estimate.

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