William H. Barnes, Th.D.


                       ELIJAH-ELISHA CYCLE SCHEMATIZED


ELIJAH--drought, fire; usually        ELISHA--famine, water; worked with
    worked alone; often associ-           Gehazi his servant, also with
    ated with mountains                   disciples; often associated with
                                          rivers


(1 Kings)                             (2 Kings; also cf. 1 Kgs 19:19-21)

17:1-6     Announcement of           2:1-18     Tenaciously following Elijah
           DROUGHT; hiding ALONE                into trans-Jordanian area
           at Brook Kerith                      (spurning prophetic DISCIPLES;
                                                crossing WATER on dry ground)
17:7-24    Widow of Zarephath:
           flour and oil replen-     2:19-22    Healing of Jericho's WATER
           ished; her son resur-
           rected                    2:23-25    Cursing of the lads at Bethel

18:1-19    Elijah meets Obadiah      3:1-27     Elisha's prophecy concerning
           (a Yahwistic prophet);               WATER in Moab
           also King Ahab
                                     4:1-7      Multiplying the oil of the
18:20-46   Contest on MOUNT                     widow (originally wife of
           CARMEL: FIRE from                    a DISCIPLE)
           heaven
                                     4:8-37     Shunammite's son resurrected
19:1-18    Hiding ALONE at Horeb,
           "the MOUNTAIN of God"     4:38-41    Poisonous stew of the DISCIPLES
                                                purified
19:19-21   Call of Elisha--
           throwing his mantle       4:42-44    Bread multiplied
           on him
                                     5:1-27     Naaman from Aram healed of
21:1-28    Naboth's vineyard: a                 leprosy (JORDAN RIVER);
           curse on Ahab and                    Gehazi, Elisha's SERVANT,
           Jebezel                              afflicted instead

                                     6:1-7      Floating axhead in the JORDAN
(2 Kings)                                       (used by the DISCIPLES)

1:1-18     Calling down FIRE from    6:8-23     Arameans' plot to seize Elisha
           heaven on Israelite                  foiled (Gehazi, Elisha's SER-
           soldiers (Elijah on                  VANT, sees the heavenly armies)
           top of the HILL)
                                     6:24-7:20  Miraculous lifting of the
2:1-18     Ascension into heaven;               siege of Samaria
           chariots and horses
           of FIRE (seemingly        8:1-6      The Shunammite's land restored
           wishes to be ALONE)
                                     8:7-15     Hazael becomes king of Aram

                                     9:1-10:35  Jehu becomes king of Israel;
                                                Jezebel killed

                                     13:14-21   Death of Elisha--a second
                                                resurrection at his grave