活动时期西元前9世纪

希伯来人先知，是以利亚的继承人，他强烈主张保持以色列人的古老宗教文化传统，力反所有的异教和外来宗教仪式。他鼓动叛变反对以色列统治家族（暗利王朝〔dynasty
of Omri〕），结果造成国王全家被杀。旧约圣经的列王纪上（I Kings）和列王纪下（II Kings）有记载以利沙的故事。

Hebrew prophet. As the successor of Elijah, he was strongly
devoted to the Mosaic tradition of Israel and a potent enemy of all foreign gods
and cults. He instigated a revolt against the ruling house of Israel, the
dynasty of Omri, that resulted in the death of the king and his family. Elisha's
story is told in the Old Testament books of I Kings and II Kings.

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