2KI-2:1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah
into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from
Gilgal.
2KI-2:2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee;
for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said [unto him,
As] the LORD liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, I will not leave
thee. So they went down to Bethel.
2KI-2:3 And the sons of the prophets that [were] at Bethel came
forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD
will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea,
I know [it]; hold ye your peace.
2KI-2:4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray
thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, [As]
the LORD liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee.
So they came to Jericho.
2KI-2:5 And the sons of the prophets that [were] at Jericho came
to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will
take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea,
I know [it]; hold ye your peace.
2KI-2:6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for
the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, [As] the LORD
liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And
they two went on.
2KI-2:7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and
stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
2KI-2:8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped [it] together,
and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither,
so that they two went over on dry ground.
2KI-2:9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that
Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I
be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a
double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
2KI-2:10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing:
[nevertheless], if thou see me [when I am] taken from thee, it
shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be [so].
2KI-2:11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked,
that, behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of
fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a
whirlwind into heaven.
2KI-2:12 And Elisha saw [it], and he cried, My father, my father,
the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him
no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in
two pieces.
2KI-2:13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him,
and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
`2KI-2:14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him,
and smote the waters, and said, Where [is] the LORD God of
Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted
hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
2KI-2:15 And when the sons of the prophets which [were] to view
at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on
Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the
ground before him.
2KI-2:16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy
servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek
thy master: lest peradventure the spirit of the LORD hath taken
him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley.
And he said, Ye shall not send.
2KI-2:17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said,
Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days,
but found him not.
2KI-2:18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at
Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
2KI-2:19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I
pray thee, the situation of this city [is] pleasant, as my lord
seeth: but the water [is] nought, and the ground barren.
2KI-2:20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein.
And they brought [it] to him.
2KI-2:21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and
cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have
healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more
death or barren [land].
2KI-2:22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to
the saying of Elisha which he spake.
2KI-2:23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was
going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the
city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head;
go up, thou bald head.
2KI-2:24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them
in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out
of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
2KI-2:25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from
thence he returned to Samaria.
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