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Shaphat (Hebrew: שָׁפָט; Latin and Douay–Rheims: Saphat) of Abel-meholah: a man in the Bible, father of Elisha.. And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
Elisha was the son of Shaphat, a wealthy land-owner of Abel-meholah; he became the attendant and disciple of Elijah. [9] His name first occurs in chapter 19 of the Books of Kings in the command given to Elijah to anoint him as his successor.
Shaphat was a Jewish Exilarch of the 2nd century AD [1] succeeding his father Johanan. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Little is known about him or the office of the exilarch at this time. His name is found in most surviving genealogical lines of Davidic descent. [ 4 ]
Later in the Book of Kings, Elijah, who had fled fearing Queen Jezebel's wrath, is ordered by God at Mount Horeb to go back along the Jordan valley and "anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah" to succeed him as prophet (1 Kings 19:16).
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Shaphat, son of Johanan; Huna Kamma, also called Anan or Anani, son of Shaphat [13] He is the first exilarch explicitly mentioned as such in Talmudic literature; [14] a contemporary of Judah ha-Nasi. Died c. 210 CE. [15] Nathan Ukban I, living in 226, sometimes confused with Nathan de-Zuzita, son of Shaphat
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