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Elisha left his oxen and ran after Elijah. 'Let me kiss my father and mother, then I will follow you,' he said. Elijah answered, 'Go, go back; for have I done anything to you?' (1 Kings 19, 20)
Elisha turned away, took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them. He used the oxen's tackle for cooking the meat, which he gave the people to eat. He then rose and, following Elijah, became his servant. (1 Kings 19, 21)
A prophet then arrived, looking for Ahab king of Israel. 'Yahweh says this,' he said. ' "You have seen this huge army? This very day I shall deliver it into your hands, and you will know that I am Yahweh." ' (1 Kings 20, 13)
'By whose means?' Ahab asked. The prophet replied, 'Yahweh says this, "By means of the guards of the district governors." ' 'Who will co-ordinate the attack?' Ahab asked. 'You will,' the prophet replied. (1 Kings 20, 14)
The prophet then went to the king of Israel and said, 'Now is the time to be resolute and think carefully about what you should do, for at the turn of the year the king of Aram will march against you.' (1 Kings 20, 22)
The prophet then went to find another man and said, 'Strike me,' and the man struck him and wounded him. (1 Kings 20, 37)
The prophet then went and stood waiting for the king on the road, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes. (1 Kings 20, 38)
Jehoshaphat, however, said, 'Is there no other prophet of Yahweh here, so that we can enquire through him?' (1 Kings 22, 7)
This is what happened when Yahweh took Elijah up to heaven in the whirlwind: Elijah and Elisha set out from Gilgal, (2 Kings 2, 1)
and Elijah said to Elisha, 'You stay here, for Yahweh is only sending me to Bethel.' But Elisha replied, 'As Yahweh lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you!' and they went down to Bethel. (2 Kings 2, 2)
The brotherhood of prophets living at Bethel came out to meet Elisha and said, 'Do you know that Yahweh will carry your lord and master away today?' 'Yes, I know,' he said, 'be quiet.' (2 Kings 2, 3)
Elijah said, 'Elisha, you stay here, Yahweh is only sending me to Jericho.' But he replied, 'As Yahweh lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you!' and they went on to Jericho. (2 Kings 2, 4)
