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Elisha (ēlī`shə), in the Bible, prophet who functions as a model of the Mosaic prophetic office after Elijah Elijah (ēlī`jə) or Elias ..... Click the link for more information. , whose work he continued; he is believed to have lived in the 9th cent. B.C. Elisha initiated the political programs outlined to Elijah on Mt. Horeb. The stories about Elisha are collected in Second Kings, which relates a collection of miracle stories and associates Elisha with political revolution in Syria; he is said to have initiated the revolution of Jehu. Elisha is also attested in the Qur'an. Elisha(flourished 9th century BC) Hebrew prophet. As the successor of Elijah, he was strongly devoted to the Mosaic tradition of Israel and a potent enemy of all foreign gods and cults. He instigated a revolt against the ruling house of Israel, the dynasty of Omri, that resulted in the death of the king and his family. Elisha's story is told in the Hebrew scriptures in the books 1 and 2 Kings. Elisha Old Testament a Hebrew prophet of the 9th century bc: successor of Elijah (II Kings 3--9) Elisha sics bears on boys for their jibing. [O.T.: II Kings 2:23–24]
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Elisha Wright said she understood that Redmond girls, especially those who belonged to Kingsport, were 'dreadful dressy and stuck-up,' and she guessed I wouldn't feel much at home among them; and I saw myself, a snubbed, dowdy, humiliated country girl, shuffling through Redmond's classic halls in coppertoned boots. Arthur, Tom, and East were together one night, and read the story of Naaman coming to Elisha to be cured of his leprosy. I am in the Sixth Reader but just because I cannot say the seven multiplication Table Miss Dearborn threttens to put me in the baby primer class with Elijah and Elisha Simpson little twins. |
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