and Yehu the son of Nimshi shall you anoint to be king over Yisra'el; and Elisha the son of Shafat of Avel-Mecholah shall you anoint to be prophet in your room.
But the king took the two sons of Ritzpah the daughter of Ayah, whom she bore to Sha'ul, Armoni and Mefivoshet; and the five sons of Mikhal the daughter of Sha'ul, whom she bore to `Adri'el the son of Barzillai the Mecholati:
Ba`anah the son of Achilud, in Ta`nakh and Megiddo, and all Beit-Shean which is beside Tzaretan, beneath Yizre`el, from Beit-Shean to Avel-Mecholah, as far as beyond Yokme`am;
When the sons of the prophets who were at Yericho over against him saw him, they said, The spirit of Eliyahu does rest on Elisha. They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
It happened, when they had gone over, that Eliyahu said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you. Elisha said, please let a double portion of your spirit be on me.
They blew the three hundred trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, and against all the army; and the army fled as far as Beit-Sheetah toward Tzererah, as far as the border of Avel-Mecholah, by Tabbat.