Timeline of the Bible · The Divided Kingdom
Elisha
Prophet · 896–839 BC
In the days of Jehoshaphat and Jehoash
In the Days Of
- Jehoshaphat King of Judah · 914–889 BC · named in 2 Kings 3:14
- Jehoash King of Israel · 839–826 BC · named in 2 Kings 13:14
The Years
- Began 896 BC
- “Elias was taken up into heaven in a fiery chariot”
- Ended 839 BC
- “went, as it seemeth, to visit Elizeus the prophet, then lying in his death-bed”
Dated by Archbishop James Ussher’s Annals of the World (1658), quoted as printed, whose dates were printed in the margins of King James Bibles for two centuries.
