God had bidden Elijah anoint another to be prophet in his stead. "Elisha the son of Shaphat . . . shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room" (1 Kings 19:16), He had said; and in obedience to the command, Elijah went to find Elisha. As he journeyed northward, how changed was the scene from what it had been only a short while before! Then the ground was parched, the farming districts unworked, for neither dew nor rain had fallen for three and a half years. Now on every hand vegetation was springing up as if to redeem the time of drought and famine.

Gud havde befalet Elias at salve en efterfølger. "Salv Elisa", Sjafats søn, ..... til profet i dit sted!" sagde Herren. (1Kong. 19,16.) Elias adlød og drog ud for at finde Elisa. På rejsen nordpå så han den store forandring, som landskabet havde undergået i løbet af ganske kort tid. Før var jorden tør og markerne udyrkede, fordi der hverken var faldet dug eller regn i tre og et halvt år. Nu spirede det overalt, som om naturen ville erstatte tørkens og hungersnødens år.