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went by it that they might see if the king of Edom
would go with them. He went with them; and the
three kings travelled on together for seven days. At
the end of that time they could go no farther, for they
were in a barren wilderness ; their supply of water was
exhausted; and it then seemed as if nothing else could
be looked for than that those kings, with their armies,
and the cattle that accompanied them, should die of
thirst. When this fearful death was staring them in the
face, Jehoshaphat asked if there was a prophet of the
Lord there. They had been long of thinking of inquir-
ing of the Lord; perhaps if they had done so sooner
they might not have been suffered to fall into this dan-
ger; but better seek help from Heaven late than seek
it not at all.

Johnnie. Was there a prophet there ?

Grandfather. Yes, Elisha was with the army ?

Marianne. Elisha? Was not that the name of the
prophet who killed the captains and all their soldiers
when they came to take him, and who raised to life
again the little boy who died on his mother’s knee ?

Grandfather. There were two prophets living at the
same time with names very nearly the same, Elijah and
‘Elisha. They were both very eminent men of God, and
worked many miracles. It was Elijah who caused fire
to come down from heaven to consume the soldiers,—a
hundred and two men,—whom Ahaziah, king of Israel,
sent to take him; and it was Elisha—that same Elisha
who now appeared before the three kings in the wilder-