ELISHA

ELIJAH AND ELISHA

• Elijah was a prophet of God. He had the power of the priesthood.
• He had become old. Elisha had followed Elijah for many years.
• God had told Elijah that Elisha would be the next prophet. Elijah and Elisha went to the Jordan River.
• Elijah hit the water with his coat. The water divided. They walked through on dry land.

THE END OF ELIJAH'S STORY

• Elijah was taken up to heaven
• Elisha became the prophet.
• As Elijah went to heaven, he dropped his coat on the ground. Elisha picked it up.
• He had the power of God.

ELISHA'S STORY

• Elisha went back to the Jordan River. He hit the water with Elijah’s coat. The water divided.
• Elisha walked through on dry land.
• Some righteous Israelites met him.

ELISHA'S FIRST MIRACLE

• One day a woman came to see Elisha. She was crying. She told Elisha her husband was dead.
• She had to pay money to a man. If she did not pay the money, he would take her sons away.
• Elisha told the woman to get more jars. He told her to pour oil from her jar into them.
• The woman obeyed Elisha. The oil from her jar filled all the other jars. That was a miracle.
• Elisha told the woman to sell the oil and pay the man. Her sons were not taken away.

ELISHA'S SECOND MIRACLE

• Another woman and her husband asked Elisha to live in their home. They were old and had no children.
• Elisha told them they would have a son. They did not believe him. But they had a son.
• One day the son wen to the father and said his head hurt. The boy died.
• They called Elisha and he laid over the boy and he was revived.