Abel-meholah
A place in the Bible
The town of the prophet Elisha, in the Jordan Valley. In the Douay-Rheims it is called “Abelmeula.”
What happened here
- Elisha: the Lord told Elijah to anoint as prophet Elisha, son of Shaphat, from Abel-meholah.
- The cloak: Elijah found Elisha plowing with twelve yoke of oxen and threw his cloak over him.
Today
No one knows for sure. It would have been in the Jordan Valley, near Beth Shean.
Where it appears in the Bible
1 Kings 19:16; 1 Kings 19:19
What the Bible says
1 Kings 19:16
And thou shalt anoint Jehu the son of Namsi to be king over Israel: and Eliseus the son of Saphat, of Abelmeula, thou shalt anoint to be prophet in thy room.
1 Kings 19:19
And Elias departing from thence, found Eliseus the son of Saphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen: and he was one of them that were ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen: and when Elias came up to him, he cast his mantle upon him.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), “Abel-meholah”