It's A Miracle! - Elijah and Elisha Quiz

Answer: the captain in charge begged Elijah for mercy

As the first chapter of 2 Kings records, King Ahaziah had sent word to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to see if he would recover from a fall. An angel appeared to Elijah, telling him to inform the king that he would die from his wounds.

When the king sent word for Elijah to come to him, the first and second batch of soldiers were slain by fire from heaven. The captain of the third wave begged Elijah not to kill him and his men and were thus spared. After this captain humbled himself to Elijah, he went down as per instructed by the angel and informed the king of his error of seeking after a false god, and in verse 16 reiterated his former statement:
"Thus says the LORD, 'Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron - is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His word? - therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.'"

Answer: that Elisha would receive a double portion of Elijah's spirit

In 2 Kings 2:9 we see that Elijah asked Elisha what he could do for him before he was translated into the heavenly realm. Elisha asked for a double portion of Elijah's spirit, and while Elijah told him that the request was difficult, he would nonetheless fulfill it conditionally.

The tenth verse shows Elijah's response - "And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so."

Elisha did see him as he was taken away, and thus received his request.

Elijah's name in Hebrew (El-i-ya'hu) means something like "Yah is God" and the name Elisha (Eel-ee-shaw') has a meaning akin to "God is salvation".

Answer: he threw it into a spring of water

According to the text found in 2 Kings 2:19-22:

"And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren. And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake." - King James Version

Answer: True

Two separate accounts regarding life being restored to children may be found in 1 Kings 17:17-24, (Elijah's miracle of resurrection the young son of a widow) and in 2 Kings 4:31-37, (Elisha's similar miracle where he raised the son of a couple who had been kind to him.)

Answer: he threw a stick in the water

"So he (Elisha) went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place.

- And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.

Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it."

This is according to the King James Version of 2 Kings 6:4-7.

Answer: Zarephath: in modern-day Lebanon

The widow and her son lived in Zarephath, in one of the lands north of Israel.

Called "Sarepta" in the New Testament book of Luke (chapter 4 vs. 26), Zarephath was located in ancient Phoenicia which today is called Lebanon.

For the full and quite interesting story, read the entire chapter of 1 Kings 17.
You might even like to read the chapters before and after, to get a more complete feel of the background of the saga, as well as its aftermath.

Answer: horses and chariots of fire

Specifically, in the 17th verse of 2 Kings 6, the King James Version states:
"And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha."

The king was rather upset when he found out that Elisha was reporting his actions to the king of Israel and saving his life on a number of occasions. He therefore sought to silence Elisha and sent his men out on a mission to do just that. The mission failed because Elisha asked God to blind them to the fact that he was Elisha and as a result he sent them on a wild goose chase into Samaria. Instead of allowing the Israelite king to kill them, however, he commanded that they be fed and sent home. Thus ended the exploits of Syria into Israel for that time.

Answer: three

1 Kings 18: 33-35 says, "And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water."

After this convincing demonstration, Elijah commanded that all 450 prophets of Ba'al be destroyed. Just prior to that, in the 39th verse, the Bible says "And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God."

Answer: the prophet Elisha was dead and the dead man touched his bones

"And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet."

Powerful stuff, indeed!

Answer: show himself to the king of Israel

Elijah was commanded by God to simply to present himself to King Ahab, appearing in his presence.

"And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth."

(1 Kings 18:1)