Prophet Mentioned in the Bible by name

Eliseus

And it shall come to pass, that he who escapes the sword of Chazalel shall be slain by Jehu, and he who escapes the sword of Jehu shall be slain by Elisha.

And Elijah said to him, "Elisha, stay here, I beg you, for the Lord (Yahweh) has sent me to Jericho."
But he replied, "As the Lord (Yahweh) lives andas your soul lives, I will not leave you." So they walked [together] down to Jericho.

And the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho came to Elisha and said to him, "Do you know that the Lord (Yahweh) will take your master away from you today?"
He replied, "Yes, I know it, be quiet (do nothing, stay calm)."

While Elisha was watching this, he cried out, "My father, my father! You who are Israel's chariots and horsemen!" [Probably referring to Elijah, whose prophetic ministry was like an army protecting Israel.] Then he could no longer see him. He grabbed his clothes and tore them in two.

He picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah, struck the water with it, and said, "Where is the Lord (Yahweh), the God of Elijah?" When he struck the water, it parted, and Elisha crossed over.

And when the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho saw him from afar, they said, "The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha." And they came to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

And the men of the city said to Elisha, "Behold, we pray you, the situation of the city is good, as my lord sees, but the water is bad and the ground yields no produce."

The water was healed from that day on, according to the word that Elisha spoke.

And Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother." And the king of Israel said to him, "No, for the Lord (Yahweh) has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab."

And Elisha said, "As the Lord of hosts (Yahweh Sebaot) lives, before whose face I stand, if it were not for the respect of the presence of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, I would not look at you or see you.

And a woman who was the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha and said, "Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant revered the Lord (Yahweh). And the creditor has come to take my two children as slaves for himself."

And Elisha said to her, "What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?" And she said, "Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil."

And it came to pass one day that Elisha passed through Shunem [a city in the eastern Jezreel Valley] where a powerful (influential, rich; "great" – Hebr. gadol) woman lived. She persuaded (coerced) him to eat bread [stay for a meal]. And so it was that whenever he passed by, he would come in and eat bread.

But the woman conceived and bore a son at the time when the year had come around, as Elisha had spoken to her.

And when Elisha came into the house, behold, the young man was dead and lying on his bed.

And Elisha came to Gilgal, and there was a famine in the land, and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, and he said to his servant, "Put on a large pot and cook soup for the sons of the prophets."

And it came to pass, when the man of God, Elisha, heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent [a messenger] to the king, saying, "Why have you torn your clothes? Now let him come to me, and he shall know [personally experience] that there is a prophet in Israel."

But he went in and stood before his master.
Then Elisha asked him, "Where did you come from, Gehazi?"
He replied, "Your servant (servant – Hebr. eved) went nowhere."

[This is the central story of the second part of Elisha's miracles.]
And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "Behold, the place where we dwell before you is too narrow (small) for us.

And one of his servants answered, "No, my lord the king, but Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom."

And Elisha prayed and said, "Lord (Yahweh), I pray you, open his eyes that he may see." And the Lord (Yahweh) opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha.

And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the Lord (Yahweh) and said, "Strike this people, I pray thee, with blindness." And he struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

And Elisha said to them, "This is not the way, nor is this the city; follow me, and I will bring you to the man you seek." And he led them to Samaria.

And it came to pass, when they came to Samaria, that Elisha said, "Lord (Yahweh), open the eyes of these men, that they may see." And the Lord (Yahweh) opened their eyes, and they saw, and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

And the king of Israel said to Elisha when he saw them, "Shall I really strike them, my father?"

Then he said, "Do this to me, God (Elohim), if the head of Elisha, the son of Shaphath, remains on him today."

But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were with him, and the king sent a man ahead of him, but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, "Do you see how this son of a murderer has been sent to take away my head? Behold, when the messenger comes, you shall shut the door and hold the door against him. Is it not the sound of his master's feet behind him?"

And Elisha said, "Hear the word of the Lord (Yahweh): Thus says the Lord (Yahweh): Tomorrow at this time, a seah [7-12 liters] of fine wheat [an adult's weekly bread requirement] will be sold for a shekel [a month's wages], and two seahs [a total of 15-20 liters] of barley for a shekel [a month's wages] in the streets of Samaria."
[Elisha prophesies that in a day the situation will be reversed, from a severe famine when there is no food and people are eating their children, to a situation where food will be available, even if it is somewhat more expensive than in a normal year. Based on information from Babylonian literature about what the standard prices for food were at this time, food prices will be 600-700% above the normal price in peacetime, but compared to the exorbitant prices during a siege, this was still unthinkable, see 2 Kings 6:25.]

And Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had brought back to life and said, "Get up, you and your household, and stay wherever you can find shelter, for the Lord (Yahweh) has called for a famine, and it will come upon the land for seven years."

Now the king spoke with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, and said, "Please recount to me all the great things that Elisha has done."

And it came to pass, while he was recounting how he had raised the dead, that behold, the woman whose son he had raised came to plead with the king for her house and her land.
Then Gehazi said, "My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is her son whom Elisha raised."

[Elijah had been commissioned to anoint Hazael as king, see 1 Kings 19:15. He reigned at the same time as Elijah's successor, Elisha. Hazael reigned from 842 to 805 BC.]
And Elisha came to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad, king of Aram [Syria], was sick, and they told him, saying, "The man of God has come here."

And Elisha said to him, "Go and tell him, 'You will certainly recover,' but the Lord (Yahweh) has shown me that he will surely die."

And Hazael said, "Who is your servant, who is like a dog, that should do these great things?" And Elisha said, "The Lord (Yahweh) has shown me that you shall be king over Aram."

And he departed from Elisha and came to his master, and he said to him, "What did Elisha say to you?" And he said, "He told me that you would surely recover."

And the prophet Elisha called one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, "Gird up your loins [tie up your clothes, get ready], and take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-Gilead.

And Elisha was sick with the sickness whereof he died, and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him, and said, "My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof!"

And Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and arrows." And he took a bow and arrows.

And he said to the king of Israel, "Put your hand on the bow." And he put his hand on it, and Elisha put his hand on the king's hand.

And he said, "Open the window toward the east." And he opened it. And Elisha said, "Shoot!" And he shot. And he said, "The Lord's (Yahweh's) arrow of victory, the arrow of victory against Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans at Aphek until you have devoured them."