72 — Person: Elisha

Number: 72

Person: Elisha

Action: Picking up Elijah's mantle (after Elijah was taken up)

Object: Mantle

Scripture connection: 2 Kings 2:13 — And Elisha picked up the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

Memory hook: 72 = Zayin-Bet = weapon/crown + house; 2 Kgs 2. Elisha took the mantle and struck the water; the number 72 is the successor and the cloak.

Why this number? 72 = Zayin-Bet = weapon/crown + house; 2 Kgs 2. Elisha picked up Elijah's mantle; the number 72 ties him to the Hebrew letters and the mantle.