<p class="bodytext">So the young prophet<n id="1" /> went to Ramoth Gilead.

<p class="bodytext">So the <sc>Lordsc> announced through<n id="1" /> his servants the prophets:

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now Elisha went back to Gilgal, while there was famine in the land. Some of the prophets were visiting him<n id="1" /> and he told his servant, &#8220;Put the big pot on the fire<n id="2" /> and boil some stew for the prophets.&#8221;<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now Elisha the prophet summoned a member of the prophetic guild<n id="1" /> and told him, &#8220;Tuck your robes into your belt, take this container<n id="2" /> of olive oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.

The fifty members of the prophetic guild went and stood opposite them at a distance, while Elijah and Elisha<n id="1" /> stood by the Jordan.

<p class="bodytext">Elisha said to the king of Israel, &#8220;Why are you here?<n id="1" /> Go to your father&#8217;s prophets or your mother&#8217;s prophets!&#8221; The king of Israel replied to him, &#8220;No, for the <sc>Lordsc> is the one who summoned these three kings so that he can hand them over to Moab.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> solemnly warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and all the seers, &#8220;Turn back from your evil ways; obey my commandments and rules that are recorded in the law. I ordered your ancestors to keep this law and sent my servants the prophets to remind you of its demands.&#8221;<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">When the members of the prophetic guild in Jericho,<n id="1" /> who were standing at a distance,<n id="2" /> saw him do this, they said, &#8220;The spirit that energized Elijah<n id="3" /> rests upon Elisha.&#8221; They went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

She told her mistress, &#8220;If only my master were in the presence of the prophet who is in Samaria!<n id="1" /> Then he would cure him of his skin disease.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Some of the prophets<n id="1" /> said to Elisha, &#8220;Look, the place where we meet with you<n id="2" /> is too cramped<n id="3" /> for us.

You will destroy the family of your master Ahab.<n id="1" /> I will get revenge against Jezebel for the shed blood of my servants the prophets and for the shed blood of all the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s servants.<n id="2" />

He sent Eliakim the palace supervisor, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests,<n id="1" /> clothed in sackcloth, with this message to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz:

Isaiah the prophet called out to the <sc>Lordsc>, and the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> made the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz.<n id="2" />p>

The king<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;Leave it alone! No one must touch his bones.&#8221; So they left his bones undisturbed, as well as the bones of the Israelite prophet buried beside him.<n id="2" />p>

Some members of the prophetic guild<n id="1" /> in Bethel came out to Elisha and said, &#8220;Do you know that today the <sc>Lordsc> is going to take your master from you?&#8221;<n id="2" /> He answered, &#8220;Yes, I know. Be quiet.&#8221;p>

Some members of the prophetic guild in Jericho approached Elisha and said, &#8220;Do you know that today the <sc>Lordsc> is going to take your master from you?&#8221; He answered, &#8220;Yes, I know. Be quiet.&#8221;p>

Jehoshaphat asked, &#8220;Is there no prophet of the <sc>Lordsc> here that we might seek the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s direction?&#8221;<n id="1" /> One of the servants of the king of Israel answered, &#8220;Elisha son of Shapat is here; he used to be Elijah&#8217;s servant.&#8221;<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now a wife of one of the prophets<n id="1" /> appealed<n id="2" /> to Elisha for help, saying, &#8220;Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="3" /> Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">When Elisha the prophet<n id="1" /> heard that the king had torn his clothes, he sent this message to the king, &#8220;Why did you tear your clothes? Send him<n id="2" /> to me so he may know there is a prophet in Israel.&#8221;

His servants approached and said to him, &#8220;O master,<n id="1" /> if the prophet had told you to do some difficult task,<n id="2" /> you would have been willing to do it.<n id="3" /> It seems you should be happy that he simply said, &#8220;Wash and you will be healed.&#8221;<n id="4" />