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Elisha and Jehoshaphat
How Elisha and Jehoshaphat are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Elisha and Jehoshaphat met.
On a campaign against Moab, Jehoshaphat asked for a prophet of the Lord and was brought to Elisha. Elisha said he would answer only out of regard for Jehoshaphat.
The word of the Lord is with him
2 Kings 3:12, King James Version
were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah
2 Kings 3:14, King James Version
Where they cross: 2 Kings 3:11-14
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
2 Kings 3:11-14
11But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may enquire of the Lord by him? And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
12And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the Lord is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
13And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the Lord hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
14And Elisha said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
King James Version