Bible Stories About Elisha

Elisha asked for a double portion of Elijah’s spirit, and the Bible records about twice as many miracles through him. Many of them were small and personal: a widow’s debt, a pot of bad stew, a borrowed ax head. Elisha’s God cares about ordinary problems.

The Double Portion
2 Kings 2:1–15 · Book 6, Day 18
Elijah’s time on earth was coming to an end, and everyone seemed to know it. As Elijah and his young helper Elisha walked from town to town, groups of…
Ditches in the Desert
2 Kings 3:4–24 · Book 5, Day 18
The king of Moab rebelled against Israel. So King Jehoram of Israel joined forces with King Jehoshaphat of Judah and the king of Edom, and the three…
Bring Me Another Jar
2 Kings 4:1–7 · Book 1, Day 9
A widow came to Elisha in tears. Her husband had been a faithful servant of God, but he had died in debt. Now the man he owed was coming to take her…
It Is Well
2 Kings 4:8–37 · Book 1, Day 19
In the town of Shunem lived a wealthy woman who noticed Elisha passing through. She began inviting him for meals, and then she and her husband built a…
Death in the Pot
2 Kings 4:38–41 · Book 1, Day 17
There was a famine in the land, and Elisha was meeting with a group of young prophets in training at Gilgal. Food was scarce, so Elisha told his…
Twenty Loaves for a Hundred Men
2 Kings 4:38, 42–44 · Book 7, Day 11
There was a famine in the land. Elisha was staying at Gilgal with a group of about a hundred young prophets who were learning from him. Food was scarce…
Seven Times in a Muddy River
2 Kings 5:1–15 · Book 2, Day 20
Naaman was the commander of the Syrian army, a great man and a mighty warrior. But he had leprosy. In his house lived a young Israelite girl who had…
The Borrowed Ax
2 Kings 6:1–7 · Book 1, Day 18
The group of young prophets studying with Elisha was growing, and their meeting place had become too small. “Let us go to the Jordan,” they said, “and…
More Are With Us
2 Kings 6:8–23 · Book 1, Day 12
The king of Syria kept setting ambushes for Israel, and every time, Israel’s king knew exactly where to avoid. The Syrian king was sure there was a spy…
Four Outcasts and an Empty Camp
2 Kings 6:24–7:20 · Book 1, Day 5
The Syrian army had surrounded the city of Samaria, and the people inside were starving. Food was so scarce that a donkey’s head sold for eighty pieces…
The Land Given Back
2 Kings 8:1–6 · Book 6, Day 19
Years earlier, the prophet Elisha had stayed in the home of a woman from Shunem. She and her husband built him a little room on their roof. God gave…
Life from a Prophet’s Grave
2 Kings 13:14–21 · Book 1, Day 4
Elisha had spent his whole life as God’s prophet. He had parted the Jordan, multiplied oil, healed the sick, and even raised a boy from the dead. Then…

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