As they approached him,<n id="1" /> Elisha prayed to the <sc>Lordsc>, &#8220;Strike these people<n id="2" /> with blindness.&#8221;<n id="3" /> The <sc>Lordsc><n id="4" /> struck them with blindness as Elisha requested.<n id="5" />

He left Elisha and went to his master. Ben Hadad<n id="1" /> asked him, &#8220;What did Elisha tell you?&#8221; Hazael<n id="2" /> replied, &#8220;He told me you would surely recover.&#8221;

The water has been pure to this very day, just as Elisha prophesied.<n id="1" />p>

The woman did conceive, and at the specified time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.p>

When Elisha arrived at the house, there was<n id="1" /> the child lying dead on his bed.

When the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, &#8220;Should I strike them down,<n id="1" /> my master?&#8221;<n id="2" />

Elisha told him, &#8220;Take a bow and some arrows,&#8221; and he did so.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Elisha died and was buried.<n id="1" /> Moabite raiding parties invaded<n id="2" /> the land at the beginning of the year.<n id="3" />

Elijah told Elisha, &#8220;Stay here, for the <sc>Lordsc> has sent me to Bethel.&#8221;<n id="1" /> But Elisha said, &#8220;As certainly as the <sc>Lordsc> lives and as you live, I will not leave you.&#8221; So they went down to Bethel.

<p class="bodytext">When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, &#8220;What can I do for you,<n id="1" /> before I am taken away from you?&#8221; Elisha answered, &#8220;May I receive a double portion of the prophetic spirit that energizes you.&#8221;<n id="2" />

Then Elisha prayed, &#8220;O <sc>Lordsc>, open his eyes so he can see.&#8221; The <sc>Lordsc> opened the servant&#8217;s eyes and he saw that<n id="1" /> the hill was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

One day some men<n id="1" /> were burying a man when they spotted<n id="2" /> a raiding party. So they threw the dead man<n id="3" /> into Elisha&#8217;s tomb. When the body<n id="4" /> touched Elisha&#8217;s bones, the dead man<n id="5" /> came to life and stood on his feet.p>

<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.

<t /><p class="bodytext">The men of the city said to Elisha, &#8220;Look, the city has a good location, as our<n id="1" /> master can see. But the water is bad and the land doesn&#8217;t produce crops.&#8221;<n id="2" />

Elisha sent out a messenger who told him, &#8220;Go and wash seven times in the Jordan; your skin will be restored<n id="1" /> and you will be healed.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">When he came and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, &#8220;Where have you been, Gehazi?&#8221; He answered, &#8220;Your servant hasn&#8217;t been anywhere.&#8221;

<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.

Then he said, &#8220;May God judge me severely<n id="1" /> if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

Elisha replied, &#8220;Hear the word of the <sc>Lordsc>! This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says, &#8216;About this time tomorrow a seah<n id="1" /> of finely milled flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.&#8217;&#8221;

Now the king was talking to Gehazi, the prophet&#8217;s<n id="1" /> servant, and said, &#8220;Tell me all the great things which Elisha has done.&#8221;