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[[Elisha]] ([[Hebrew]] '''אֱלִישַׁע''', [[Greece|Greek]] '''Ελισά''', '''Ελισαιέ''', or '''Ελισσαῖος''', or [[Arabic]] ''Al-Yasah'', my [[God]] is salvation) (fl. 906-839BC according to [[James Ussher|Ussher]], or 861-796BC according to [[Edwin R. Thiele|Thiele]]) is the second of two great [[prophet]]s of [[God]] who prophesied to the kings of the [[Northern Kingdom]] of [[Israel]]. He began as a student of the great [[Elijah]] but had a much longer career than his master had had, a career that spanned the reigns of three of its kings (including the great [[Jehu]]) and the brief viceregal period of a fourth.<ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=293&letter=E&search=elisha Elisha] in the Jewish Encyclopedia</ref>

[[Elisha]] ([[Hebrew]] '''אֱלִישַׁע''', [[Greece|Greek]] '''Ελισά''', '''Ελισαιέ''', or '''Ελισσαῖος''', or [[Arabic]] ''Al-Yasah'', my [[God]] is salvation) (fl. 906-839BC according to [[James Ussher|Ussher]], or 861-796BC according to [[Edwin R. Thiele|Thiele]]) is the second of two great [[prophet]]s of [[God]] who prophesied to the kings of the [[Northern Kingdom]] of [[Israel]]. Elisha is known for killin' children with the help of a couple of pissed off she-bears. He began as a student of the great [[Elijah]] but had a much longer career than his master had had, a career that spanned the reigns of three of its kings (including the great [[Jehu]]) and the brief viceregal period of a fourth.<ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=293&letter=E&search=elisha Elisha] in the Jewish Encyclopedia</ref>

== Early life ==

== Early life ==