See also:

• ELISHA (a Hebrew name meaning " God is deliverance ")

ELISHA (a See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew name meaning " See also:

• GOD

God is deliverance ")  , in the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, the See also:

• DISCIPLE

disciple and successor of See also:

• ELIJAH (a Hebrew name meaning " Yah[weh] is God ")

Elijah, was the son of Shaphat of See also:

• ABEL (better ABELL), THOMAS (d. 1540)
• ABEL (Hebrew for breath)
• ABEL, KARL FRIEDRICH (1725-1787)
• ABEL, NIELS HENRIK (1802-1829)
• ABEL, SIR FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, BART

Abel-meholah in the valley of the See also:

• JORDAN (the down-comer; Arab. esh-Sheri'a, the watering-place)
• JORDAN, CAMILLE (1771—1821)
• JORDAN, DOROTHEA (1762—1816)
• JORDAN, THOMAS (1612 ?–1685)
• JORDAN, WILHELM (1819–1904)

Jordan . He was symbolically elected to the prophetic See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office by Elijah some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time during the reign of See also:

• AHAB (in Heb. 'ah'(ib, " father's brother ")

Ahab (1 See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings xix . 19-21), and he survived until the reign of See also:

• JOASH, or JEHOASH (Heb. " Yahweh is strong, or bath given ")

Joash . His career thus appears to have extended over a See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of nearly sixty years . The relation between Elijah and See also:

• ELISHA (a Hebrew name meaning " God is deliverance ")

Elisha was of a particularly See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind, but the difference between them is much more striking than the resemblance . Elijah is the See also:

• PROPHET (Irpo4i ri7s)

prophet of the See also:

• WILDERNESS

wilderness, wandering, rugged and austere; Elisha is the prophet of civilized See also:

• LIFE

life, of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, with the See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress, See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners and See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary " See also:

• GRAVE

grave citizens." Elijah is the messenger of vengeance —sudden, fierce and overwhelming; Elisha is the messenger of See also:

• MERCY (adapted from Fr. merci, Lat. merces, reward)
• MERCY (or MERCI), FRANZ, FREIHERR VON

mercy and restoration . Elijah's miracles, with few exceptions, are See also:

• WORKS

works of wrath and destruction; Elisha's miracles, with but one notable exception, are works of beneficence and healing . Elijah is the "prophet as See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire" (Ecclus, xlviii . I), an abnormal See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent working for exceptional ends; Elisha is the " See also:

• HOLY

holy See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of See also:

• GOD

God which passeth by us continually " (2 Kings iv . 9), mixing in the See also:

• COMMON

common life of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people . It is impossible to draw up a detailed See also:

• CHRONOLOGY (Gr. xpovo?oyfa, computation of time, xp6vos)

chronology of his life . In most of the events narrated no further indication of time is given than by the words " the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel," the name not being specified .

There are some instances in which the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of time is obviously the See also:

• REVERSE

reverse of the order of narrative, and there are other grounds for concluding that the narrative as we now have it is confused and incomplete . This may serve not only to explain the See also:

• CHRONOLOGICAL

chronological difficulties, but also to throw some See also:

• LIGHT

light on the altogether exceptional See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of the miraculous See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element in Elisha's See also:

• HISTORY

history . On the See also:

• LITERARY

literary questions, see further KINGS . Not only are Elisha's miracles very numerous, even more so than those of Elijah, but they stand in a See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar relation to the man and his See also:

• WORK

work . With all the other prophets the See also:

• PRIMARY

primary See also:

• FUNCTION

function is spiritual teaching; miracles, even though numerous and many of them symbolical like Elisha's, are only See also:

• ACCESSORY

accessory . With Elisha, on the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, miracles seem the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal function, and the teaching is altogether subsidiary . An explanation of the superabundance of miracles in Elisha's life is suggested by the fact that several of them were merely repetitions or doubles of those of his predecessor . Such were: his first See also:

• MIRACLE (Lat. miraculum, from mirari, to wonder)

miracle, when, returning across the Jordan, he made a dry path for himself in the same manner as Elijah (2 Kings ii . 14); the increase of the widow's pot of oil (iv . 1-7); and the restoration of the son of the woman of Shunem to life (iv . 18-37) . The theory that stories from the earlier life have been imported by See also:

• MISTAKE (i.e. take amiss)

mistake into the later, even if tenable, applies only to three of the miracles, and leaves unexplained a much larger number which are not only not repetitions of those of Elijah, but have an entirely opposite character .

The healing of the See also:

• WATER

water of See also:

• JERICHO (WI:, m;, once ahn:, a word of disputed meaning, whether " fragrant " or " moon [-god] city ")

Jericho by putting See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt in it (ii . 19-22), the See also:

• PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision of water for the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of See also:

• JEHOSHAPHAT (Heb. " Yahweh judges ")

Jehoshaphat in the arid See also:

• DESERT

desert (iii . 6-2o), the neutralizing by See also:

• MEAL

meal of the See also:

• POISON

poison in the pottage of the See also:

• FAMINE (Lat. fames, hunger)

famine-stricken sons of the prophets at Jericho (iv . 38-41), the healing of Naaman the Syrian (v . 1-19), and the recovery of the See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron axehead that had sunk in the water (vi . 1-7), are all instances of the beneficence which was the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general characteristic of Elisha's wonder-working activity in contrast to that of Elijah . Another miracle of the same class, the feeding of a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred men with twenty loaves so that something was See also:

• LEFT

left over (iv . 42-44), deserves mention as the most striking though not the only instance of a resemblance between the work of Elisha and that of Jesus (Matt. xiv . 13-21) . The one distinct exception to the general beneficence of Elisha's activity—the destruction of the See also:

• FORTY

forty-two See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children who mocked him as he was going up to See also:

• BETHEL (Heb. " House of God ")

Bethel (2 Kings ii . 23-25)—presents an ethical difficulty which is scarcely removed by the See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion that the narrative has lost some particulars which would have shown the real enormity of the children's offence . We may prefer to imagine that among the homely stories told of him was one which had for its See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• OBJECT

object the inculcation of respect for one's elders) .

The leprosy brought upon Gehazi (v . 20-27), though a miracle of See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment, scarcely belongs to the same class as the other; and it will be observed that Gehazi's subsequent relations with the court (viii . 1-6) ignore the disease, a fatal hindrance to intercourse . Further, the healing of Naaman (alluded to in See also:

• LUKE
• LUKE, GOSPEL OF ST

Luke iv . 27) presupposes peaceful relations between Israel and the Syrians, with which, however, contrast ch. vi . The wonder-working See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of Elisha is represented as continuing even after his See also:

• DEATH

death . As the feeding of the hundred men and the cure of leprosy connect his work with that of Jesus, so the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story that a dead man who was See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast into his See also:

• SEPULCHRE, CANONS REGULAR OF THE HOLY
• SEPULCHRE, EASTER
• SEPULCHRE, THE HOLY

sepulchre was brought to life by the See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere contact with his bones (2 Kings xiii . 21, cf . Ecclus. xlviii . 12-14) is the most striking instance of an See also:

• ANALOGY (Gr. avaXo-yLa, proportion)

analogy between his miracles and those recorded of See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

saints . See also:

• STANLEY (FAMILY)
• STANLEY, ARTHUR PENRHYN (18x5–1881)
• STANLEY, EDWARD (1779-1849)
• STANLEY, SIR HENRY MORTON (184o-1904)
• STANLEY, SIR WILLIAM (1548-163o)
• STANLEY, THOMAS (1625-1678)

Stanley (Jewish See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, 4th ed., ii . 276) in reference to this has remarked that in the life of Elisha alone " in the sacred history the gulf between biblical and ecclesiastical miracles almost disappears." The See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place which Elisha filled in contemporary history was one of See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence and importance, and several narratives testify to his great reputation in Israel .

On one occasion, when he delivered the army that had been brought out against See also:

• MOAB

Moab from a threatened dearth of water (2 Kings iii.),2 he plainly intimates that, but for his regard to Jehoshaphat, the king of See also:

• JUDAH

Judah, who was in See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance with Israel, he would not have interfered . Whether he was with the army or was supposed to be living in the desert is left obscure . An interesting See also:

• TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch is the influence of See also:

• MUSIC

music upon the prophetic mind (v . 15) . His next See also:

• SIGNAL

signal interference was during the incursions of the Syrians, when he disclosed the plans of the invaders to the " king of Israel " with such effect that they were again and again baffled . When the " king of See also:

• SYRIA

Syria " was informed that " Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that See also:

• THOU, JACQUES AUGUSTE DE [THUANUS] (1553-1617)
• THOU, NOM

thou speakest in thy See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed-chamber," he at once sent an army to take him See also:

• CAPTIVE (from Lat. capere, to take)

captive in Dothan . At Elisha's See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

prayer his terrified servant beheld an army of horses and chariots of fire surrounding the prophet . At a second prayer the invaders were struck See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

blind, and in this See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state they were led by Elisha to See also:

• SAMARIA

Samaria, where their sight was restored . Their lives were spared at the command of the prophet, and they returned See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home so impressed that their incursions thenceforward ceased (vi . 8-23) . This is immediately followed by the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of Samaria by Benhadad which caused a famine of the severest kind . The calamity was imputed by the " king of Israel " to the influence of Elisha, and he ordered the prophet to be immediately put to death .

Forewarned of the danger, Elisha ordered the messenger who had been sent to slay him to be detained at the See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door, and, when, immediately afterwards, the king himself came (" messenger " in vi . J3 should rather be king), predicted a great plenty within twenty-four See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours . This was fulfilled by the See also:

• FLIGHT

flight of the Syrian army under the circumstances stated in ch. vii . After the See also:

• EPISODE

episode with regard to the woman of Shunem (viii . 1-6), which is out of its chronological order, Elisha is represented as at See also:

• DAMASCUS

Damascus (viii . 7-15) . The reverence with which the See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign monarch Benhadad addressed Elisha deserves to be noted as showing the extent of the prophet's influence . In sending to know the issue of his illness, the king caused himself to be styled "thy son Benhadad." Equally remarkable is the • Similarly Elijah enforces respect for the prophetic office in i . 9 sqq . Prof . See also:

• KENNETT, WHITE (1660–1728)

Kennett points out to the See also:

• PRESENT

present writer that the epithet " bald-See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head " may refer to the sign of See also:

• MOURNING (from the verb " to mourn," to be sorrowful, 0. Eng. murnan; cf. O.H.G. mornen, Goth. maurnan, to be anxious, O.N. morna, to pine away; by some referred to root seen in Gr. jdptpva, sorrow, by others to root mer-, to die)

mourning for Elisha's lost See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master (cf . Ez. vii .

18, Deut. xiv . I); " Go up " is perhaps to be taken literally (in reference to Elijah's See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation) . The method of obtaining water (v . 16 sq.) is that which still gives its name to the See also:

• WADI

Wadi el-Absa (" valley of water pits ") at the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern end of the Dead See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea (Old Test . See also:

• JEW, THE WANDERING

Jew . Church, 2nd ed., 147) . On the other hand, see See also:

• BURNEY, CHARLES (1726-1814)

Burney, Heb . See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

Text of Kings, p . 270.very ambiguous nature of Elisha's reply (viii .. Io).3 The, most important interference of Elisha in the history of his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country constituted the fulfilment of the third of the commands laid upon Elijah . The work of See also:

• ANOINTING

anointing See also:

• JEHU

Jehu to be king over Israel was performed by See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy (ix . 1-3) .

During the forty-five years which the chronological See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme allows for the reigns of Jehu and Jehoahaz the narratives contain no See also:

• NOTICE

notice of Elisha, but from the circumstances of his death (xiii . 14-21) it is clear that he had continued to enjoy the esteem of the See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty which he had helped to found . Joash, the See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of Jehu, waited on him on his deathbed, and addressed him in the words which he himself had used to Elijah: " My See also:

• FATHER

father, my father, the See also:

• CHARIOT (derived from an O. Fr. word, formed from char, a car)

chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof " (cf. ii . 12) . By the result of a symbolic See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge of arrows he informed the king of his coming success against Syria, and immediately thereafter he died . The explicit statement that he was buried completes the contrast between him and his greater predecessor . On the narratives, see KINGS . In general those where " the prophet appears as on friendly terms with the king, and possessed of influence at court (e.g . 2 Kings iv . 13, vi . 9, vi . 21, compared with xiii .

14), plainly belong to the time of Jehu's dynasty, though they are related before the fall of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of See also:

• OMRI

Omri . We can distinguish portions of an See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical narrative which speaks of Elisha in connexion with events of public See also:

• INTEREST

interest, without making him the central figure, and a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of anecdotes of properly See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical character . . In the latter we ma distinguish one circle connected with See also:

• GILGAL (Heb. for " circle " of sacred stones)

Gilgal, Jericho and the Jordan valley to which Abel-Meholah belongs (iv . 1-7 ? 38-44, v .? Vi . 1-7) . Here Elisha appears as the head of the prophetic See also:

• GILDS, or GUILDS

gilds, having his fixed See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence at Gilgal.4 Another circle, which presupposes the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of the house of Jehu, places him at Dothan or See also:

• CARMEL

Carmel, and represents him as a personage of almost superhuman dignity . Here there is an obvious See also:

• PARALLELISM, PSYCHOPHYSICAL

parallelism with the history of Elijah, especially with his See also:

• ASCENSION
• ASCENSION, FEAST OF THE

ascension (cf . 2 Kings vi . 17 with ii. u ; xiii . 14 with ii .

12) ; and it is to this See also:

• GROUP

group of narratives that the ascension of Elijah forms the introduction " (See also:

• ROBERTSON, FREDERICK WILLIAM (1816-1853)
• ROBERTSON, GEORGE CROOM (1842-1892)
• ROBERTSON, JOSEPH (1810-1866)
• ROBERTSON, THOMAS WILLIAM (1829-1871)
• ROBERTSON, WILLIAM BRUCE (182o-1886)

Robertson See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith, Ency . Brit., 9th ed., See also:

• ART

art . KINGS, vol. xiv. p . 186) . This twofold See also:

• REPRESENTATION

representation finds a parallel in the narratives of See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel, whose history and the conditions reflected therein are analogous to the life and times of Elisha . Elisha is canonized in the Orthodox Eastern Church, his festival being on the 14th of See also:

• JUNE

June, under which date his life is entered in the Aeta sanctorum . See especially, W . R . Smith, Prophets of Israel (See also:

• INDEX

Index, s.v.), and the literature to ELIJAH; KINGS, BOOKS OF; PROPHET . (W . R . S.; S .

A . C.) ELISHA See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

BEN ABUYAH (c . A.D. See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo), a unique figure among the Palestinian See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews of the first See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . He was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born before the destruction of the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple (which occurred in A.D . 70) and survived into the 2nd century . It is not easy to decide as to his exact attitude towards Judaism . That he refused to accept the current rabbinical views is certain, though the See also:

• TALMUD

Talmud cites his legal decisions . Most authorities believe that he was a Gnostic; but while it is certain that he was not a Christian, it is possible that he was simply a Sadducee, and thus an opponent not of Judaism but of Pharisaism . His disciple, the famous Pharisee lvleir, remained his steadfast friend, and his efforts to reclaim his former master are among the most pathetic incidents in the Talmud . In later ages Elisha (alter " the other," as he was named) was regarded as the type of a heretic whose See also:

• PRIDE, THOMAS (d. 1658)

pride of See also:

• INTELLECT (Lat. intellectus, from intelligere, to understand)

intellect betrayed him into infidelity to See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law and morals . Without much appropriateness Elisha has been sometimes described as the "See also:

• FAUST, or FAUSTUS

Faust of the Talmud." (I .