50 Bible Trivia Questions About the Prophet Elisha

Elisha followed Elijah, asked for a double portion of his spirit and went on to perform many miracles. Test what you know about his ministry.

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Easy questions

  1. Question 1Easy

    How many youths were mauled by two bears after they mocked Elisha?

    Answer: C. 422 Kings 2:24
    And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
  2. Question 2Easy

    How many men did Elisha feed with twenty loaves of barley bread?

    Answer: C. One hundred2 Kings 4:42-44
    And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat. And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. So he set it …
  3. Question 3Easy

    How many times was Naaman told to wash in the Jordan River to be healed of leprosy?

    Answer: B. Seven times2 Kings 5:10
    And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
  4. Question 4Easy

    What disease did Naaman suffer from?

    Answer: C. Leprosy2 Kings 5:1
    Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.

Medium questions

  1. Question 5Medium

    How many times did Elijah tell Elisha to stay behind?

    Answer: C. Three times2 Kings 2:2-6
    And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel. And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your …
  2. Question 6Medium

    Who used to raid Israel every spring during Elisha's time?

    Answer: C. Moabite raiders2 Kings 13:20
    And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
  3. Question 7Medium

    How did Elisha raise the Shunammite's son from the dead?

    Answer: B. He lay on top of the boy, mouth to mouth, eyes to eyes, hands to hands2 Kings 4:34
    And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
  4. Question 8Medium

    What did Elisha put into the pot of deathly stew to make it safe?

    Answer: C. Flour2 Kings 4:41
    But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
  5. Question 9Medium

    In the miracle performed by Elisha, when did the widow's oil stop flowing?

    Answer: C. When there were no more jars2 Kings 4:6
    And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
  6. Question 10Medium

    Who suggested that Naaman go to the prophet in Samaria for healing?

    Answer: B. A young servant girl from Israel2 Kings 5:3
    And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
  7. Question 11Medium

    After being healed of leprosy, what did Naaman ask to take back to his land?

    Answer: D. Two mule loads of earth2 Kings 5:17
    And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.
  8. Question 12Medium

    What did Elisha do with Elijah's cloak at the Jordan River?

    Answer: A. Struck the water, and it divided2 Kings 2:14
    And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
  9. Question 13Medium

    What was the occupation of the deceased husband of the widow who cried out to Elisha?

    Answer: D. He was from the company of the prophets2 Kings 4:1
    Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
  10. Question 14Medium

    How did Hazael kill Ben-Hadad, king of Aram?

    Answer: A. He took a thick cloth, soaked it in water, and spread it over his face2 Kings 8:15
    And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.
  11. Question 15Medium

    Who discovered that the Aramean army had fled the siege of Samaria?

    Answer: B. Four men with leprosy2 Kings 7:3-8
    And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. And they rose up …
  12. Question 16Medium

    What happened to Elisha's servant Gehazi after he lied to Naaman for gifts?

    Answer: A. Naaman's leprosy clung to him2 Kings 5:27
    The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
  13. Question 17Medium

    What did Hazael say when Elisha told him he would become king and do terrible things?

    Answer: D. How could your servant, a mere dog, accomplish such a feat?2 Kings 8:13
    And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
  14. Question 18Medium

    What appeared between Elijah and Elisha as they were walking?

    Answer: A. A chariot of fire and horses of fire2 Kings 2:11
    And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
  15. Question 19Medium

    The Shunammite woman's son died on her knees after crying out 'My head, my head!' while in the field.

    Answer: True2 Kings 4:19-20
    And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
  16. Question 20Medium

    The King of Moab sacrificed his oldest son on the city wall.

    Answer: True2 Kings 3:27
    Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
  17. Question 21Medium

    Whose land was restored to her after she returned from the land of the Philistines?

    Answer: C. The Shunammite woman2 Kings 8:1-6
    Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years. And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. And it came to …
  18. Question 22Medium

    What did Elisha ask for before he prophesied to the three kings?

    Answer: C. A harpist/musician2 Kings 3:15
    But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
  19. Question 23Medium

    What did Elisha's servant see when his eyes were opened?

    Answer: B. The hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha2 Kings 6:17
    And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
  20. Question 24Medium

    Why was Elisha angry with King Jehoash when he struck the ground with arrows?

    Answer: A. He only struck it three times instead of five or six2 Kings 13:19
    And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
  21. Question 25Medium

    What did the widow of the prophet tell Elisha the creditor was going to do?

    Answer: B. Take her two sons as his slaves2 Kings 4:1-2
    Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
  22. Question 26Medium

    Who visited Elisha when he was suffering from the illness that would kill him?

    Answer: B. Jehoash king of Israel2 Kings 13:14
    Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
  23. Question 27Medium

    What did Elisha do with his oxen before following Elijah?

    Answer: A. Slaughtered them and cooked them with the plowing equipment1 Kings 19:21
    And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.
  24. Question 28Medium

    What did Elisha say to comfort his servant who was afraid of the Aramean army?

    Answer: D. Those who are with us are more than those who are with them2 Kings 6:16
    And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
  25. Question 29Medium

    Which prophet did the Shunammite woman build a small room for?

    Answer: B. Elisha2 Kings 4:9-10
    And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
  26. Question 30Medium

    What did the four lepers discover when they went to the Aramean camp during the siege of Samaria?

    Answer: B. It was deserted; the soldiers had fled2 Kings 7:5
    And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.
  27. Question 31Medium

    What did the youths chant at Elisha?

    Answer: A. Go on up, you baldhead!2 Kings 2:23
    And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
  28. Question 32Medium

    Why was Naaman angry at Elisha's instruction to wash in the Jordan River?

    Answer: C. He thought the rivers of Damascus were better, and expected Elisha to wave his hand2 Kings 5:11-12
    But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
  29. Question 33Medium

    How did Elisha heal the bad water at Jericho?

    Answer: A. He threw salt into the spring2 Kings 2:21
    And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
  30. Question 34Medium

    What happened to the officer who doubted Elisha's prophecy about food prices?

    Answer: D. The people trampled him in the gateway2 Kings 7:17
    And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.
  31. Question 35Medium

    What happened when a dead man's body touched Elisha's bones?

    Answer: B. The man came back to life and stood up2 Kings 13:21
    And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
  32. Question 36Medium

    What did the widow tell Elisha she had in her house?

    Answer: D. Nothing but a little oil2 Kings 4:2
    And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
  33. Question 37Medium

    What was Elisha doing when Elijah found him?

    Answer: A. Plowing with twelve yoke of oxen1 Kings 19:19
    So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
  34. Question 38Medium

    Where did Elisha lead the blinded Aramean army?

    Answer: A. Samaria2 Kings 6:19
    And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.
  35. Question 39Medium

    What did Elisha promise the Shunammite woman she would have by the next year?

    Answer: A. A son2 Kings 4:16
    And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
  36. Question 40Medium

    Why did the prophet Elisha weep when he looked at Hazael?

    Answer: D. Because he knew the evil Hazael would do to the Israelites2 Kings 8:11-12
    And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept. And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

Hard questions

  1. Question 41Hard

    What sounds did the Lord make the Arameans hear, causing them to flee?

    Answer: D. Chariots, horses, and a great army2 Kings 7:6
    For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
  2. Question 42Hard

    During the siege of Samaria, what unappealing item sold for five shekels of silver?

    Answer: A. A fourth of a cab of dove's dung2 Kings 6:25
    And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
  3. Question 43Hard

    What did the Shunammite woman say when Elisha's servant asked if everything was alright after her son died?

    Answer: D. It is well2 Kings 4:26
    Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.
  4. Question 44Hard

    What did Elisha tell Gehazi to do with his staff for the dead boy?

    Answer: C. Lay it on the boy's face2 Kings 4:29
    Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
  5. Question 45Hard

    Elisha warned the Shunammite woman of a famine that would last for 7 years.

    Answer: True2 Kings 8:1
    Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
  6. Question 46Hard

    Which leper did Elisha the prophet cleanse?

    Answer: D. Naaman the SyrianLuke 4:27
    ‹And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.›
  7. Question 47Hard

    How many talents of silver did Gehazi trick Naaman into giving him?

    Answer: C. Two talents2 Kings 5:23
    And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.
  8. Question 48Hard

    What did Elisha command the king of Israel to do with the blinded captives?

    Answer: A. Give them food and water and send them back to their master2 Kings 6:22
    And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
  9. Question 49Hard

    When the Shunammite woman wanted to visit the prophet Elisha, what did her husband ask her?

    Answer: B. Why go today? It is not the New Moon or Sabbath.2 Kings 4:23
    And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
  10. Question 50Hard

    What did Elisha make float on the water?

    Answer: B. An iron ax head2 Kings 6:6
    And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.

Answer key

  1. C. 42 (2 Kings 2:24)
  2. C. One hundred (2 Kings 4:42-44)
  3. B. Seven times (2 Kings 5:10)
  4. C. Leprosy (2 Kings 5:1)
  5. C. Three times (2 Kings 2:2-6)
  6. C. Moabite raiders (2 Kings 13:20)
  7. B. He lay on top of the boy, mouth to mouth, eyes to eyes, hands to hands (2 Kings 4:34)
  8. C. Flour (2 Kings 4:41)
  9. C. When there were no more jars (2 Kings 4:6)
  10. B. A young servant girl from Israel (2 Kings 5:3)
  11. D. Two mule loads of earth (2 Kings 5:17)
  12. A. Struck the water, and it divided (2 Kings 2:14)
  13. D. He was from the company of the prophets (2 Kings 4:1)
  14. A. He took a thick cloth, soaked it in water, and spread it over his face (2 Kings 8:15)
  15. B. Four men with leprosy (2 Kings 7:3-8)
  16. A. Naaman's leprosy clung to him (2 Kings 5:27)
  17. D. How could your servant, a mere dog, accomplish such a feat? (2 Kings 8:13)
  18. A. A chariot of fire and horses of fire (2 Kings 2:11)
  19. True (2 Kings 4:19-20)
  20. True (2 Kings 3:27)
  21. C. The Shunammite woman (2 Kings 8:1-6)
  22. C. A harpist/musician (2 Kings 3:15)
  23. B. The hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha (2 Kings 6:17)
  24. A. He only struck it three times instead of five or six (2 Kings 13:19)
  25. B. Take her two sons as his slaves (2 Kings 4:1-2)
  26. B. Jehoash king of Israel (2 Kings 13:14)
  27. A. Slaughtered them and cooked them with the plowing equipment (1 Kings 19:21)
  28. D. Those who are with us are more than those who are with them (2 Kings 6:16)
  29. B. Elisha (2 Kings 4:9-10)
  30. B. It was deserted; the soldiers had fled (2 Kings 7:5)
  31. A. Go on up, you baldhead! (2 Kings 2:23)
  32. C. He thought the rivers of Damascus were better, and expected Elisha to wave his hand (2 Kings 5:11-12)
  33. A. He threw salt into the spring (2 Kings 2:21)
  34. D. The people trampled him in the gateway (2 Kings 7:17)
  35. B. The man came back to life and stood up (2 Kings 13:21)
  36. D. Nothing but a little oil (2 Kings 4:2)
  37. A. Plowing with twelve yoke of oxen (1 Kings 19:19)
  38. A. Samaria (2 Kings 6:19)
  39. A. A son (2 Kings 4:16)
  40. D. Because he knew the evil Hazael would do to the Israelites (2 Kings 8:11-12)
  41. D. Chariots, horses, and a great army (2 Kings 7:6)
  42. A. A fourth of a cab of dove's dung (2 Kings 6:25)
  43. D. It is well (2 Kings 4:26)
  44. C. Lay it on the boy's face (2 Kings 4:29)
  45. True (2 Kings 8:1)
  46. D. Naaman the Syrian (Luke 4:27)
  47. C. Two talents (2 Kings 5:23)
  48. A. Give them food and water and send them back to their master (2 Kings 6:22)
  49. B. Why go today? It is not the New Moon or Sabbath. (2 Kings 4:23)
  50. B. An iron ax head (2 Kings 6:6)
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Who was Elisha?

Elisha was a prophet in Israel who followed Elijah. Elijah found him plowing with twelve yoke of oxen and cast his mantle upon him (1 Kings 19:19). Before Elijah was taken up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elisha asked for a double portion of his spirit, then picked up Elijah's mantle and struck the Jordan, and the waters parted (2 Kings 2:9–14).

Many miracles are recorded in Elisha's ministry. He made a widow's oil keep flowing until every vessel was full (2 Kings 4:1–7), raised the Shunammite woman's son to life and fed a hundred men with twenty loaves. He told Naaman the Syrian captain to wash seven times in the Jordan, and Naaman was healed of leprosy (2 Kings 5:14). When an army surrounded Dothan, Elisha prayed and his servant saw the mountain full of horses and chariots of fire (2 Kings 6:17).

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