and Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Eli´sha the son of Shaphat of A´bel–meho´lah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Ai´ah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armo´ni and Mephib´osheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for A´dri-el the son of Barzil´lai the Meho´lathite:
Ba´ana the son of Ahi´lud; to him pertained Ta´anach and Megid´do, and all Beth–she´an, which is by Zarta´nah beneath Jezreel, from Beth–she´an to A´bel–meho´lah, even unto the place that is beyond Jok´ne-am:
And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Eli´jah doth rest on Eli´sha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Eli´jah said unto Eli´sha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Eli´sha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth–shit´tah in Zer´erath, and to the border of A´bel–meho´lah, unto Tabbath.