| Meaning - Meadow of Dancing or the Dancing-Meadow Abel-meholah was named in conjunction with the flight of the Gideons (Judges 7:22). Elisha home town ( 1 Kings 19:16) This was where Elisha was found at his plow by Elijah (1 Kings 19:16). Location - in the Jordan Valley, south of Beth-shean near where the Wadi el-Maleh emerges into the Jordan. The place is now called 'Ain Helweh. |
| Elisha Home Town Little Is Known About His Early Life |
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| 15-And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria: 16-And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. 17-And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. 18-Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. |
| 1 KINGS 19:15-18 |
