Rarely does a great man have a successor who equals or surpasses his performance. Successors of men of renown are generally but a shadow of their illustrious predecessors. But Elijah was to have an exception to the norm in his successor Elisha. Though in many ways the ministry of Elisha was different from Elijah’s ministry, yet it certainly was not a lesser ministry. In fact, a good case could be made that his ministry was even a greater ministry than was Elijah’s. His ministry was a powerful