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And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the LORD would
take
up
Elijah into
heaven by
a whirlwind, that
Elijah went
with
Elisha from Gilgal .
Shortly
before
the LORD took
Elijah up
to
heaven in
a whirlwind, Elijah and
Elisha were
on
their
way
from Gilgal ,
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.
and Elijah said to
Elisha, “Please
stay
here, for the LORD has
sent me on
to Bethel. ”
But
Elisha replied
, “
As surely
as
the LORD lives
and as you
yourself
live
, I will not leave you
. ”
So they went down to Bethel.
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
.
Then
the sons of the prophets at Bethel came out
to Elisha and said, “Do
you
know
that the LORD will take your
master away
from you
today
? ”
“Yes
, I know ,”
he
replied.
“Do
not
speak
of
it. ”
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.
And Elijah said to
Elisha, “Please
stay
here, for the LORD has
sent me on
to Jericho. ”
But
Elisha
replied
, “
As surely
as
the LORD lives
and as you
yourself
live
, I will not leave you
. ”
So they went
to Jericho.
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
.
Then
the sons of the prophets at Jericho came up
to Elisha and said, “Do
you
know
that the LORD will take your
master away
from you
today
? ”
“Yes
, I know ,”
he
replied.
“Do
not
speak
of
it. ”
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.
And Elijah said to
Elisha
, “Please
stay
here ,
for the LORD has
sent me on
to the
Jordan. ”
But
Elisha
replied
, “
As surely
as
the LORD lives
and as you
yourself
live
, I will not leave you
. ”
So
the
two of
them
went on.
And
fifty men
of the sons of the prophets went ,
and stood to
view
afar
off:
and they
two stood by Jordan.
Then
a
company
of
fifty of the sons of the prophets went and stood at
a
distance,
facing
Elijah
and Elisha
as
the
two of
them
stood by the
Jordan.
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.
And Elijah took his cloak
, rolled
it up
, and struck
the waters, which
parted
to
the
right
and to
the
left
, so that the
two of
them
crossed
over on dry ground.
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
.
After
they had
crossed
over, Elijah said to
Elisha, “Tell
me,
what can
I do for you
before I am
taken away from you?”
“Please
, let me
inherit
a double portion of your
spirit ,”
Elisha
replied
.
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.
“You
have
requested
a difficult
thing ,”
said
Elijah.
“
Nevertheless, if you
see me as
I am taken from you
, it will
be yours.
But if not, then
it will
not be so. ”
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.
As they were
walking
along
and talking
together
, suddenly
a chariot of fire with
horses of fire appeared
and separated
the
two
of
them ,
and Elijah went up into heaven in
a
whirlwind
.
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
.
As
Elisha watched
, he cried out
, “
My father, my father, the chariots
and horsemen of
Israel!”
And he saw Elijah
no more .
So
taking
hold of his own clothes, he
tore
them in two.
He
took
up
also the mantle
of
Elijah
that fell
from him
, and went back ,
and stood by
the bank of Jordan ;
Elisha
also picked
up
the cloak
that had
fallen
from Elijah
, and he
went back and stood on
the bank of the
Jordan .
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.
Then
he took the cloak
of Elijah that had
fallen
from him and struck
the waters .
“
Where now
is the LORD ,
the
God of Elijah? ”
he
asked.
And when he had struck
the waters, they parted to
the
right
and to
the
left,
and Elisha crossed
over.
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.
When the sons of the prophets who
were facing
him
from
Jericho saw what
had
happened
, they said, “
The spirit of Elijah rests
on Elisha. ”
And they went
to meet him and bowed down
to the ground before him.
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.
“Look
now,”
they said to
Elisha
, “we
your
servants have
fifty valiant
men .
Please
let them go and search
for
your
master .
Perhaps
the Spirit of the LORD has
taken him up and put
him on
one
of
the
mountains
or in
one
of
the
valleys
. ”
“Do
not send them,”
Elisha
replied
.
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.
But
when they pressed
him to
the
point
of
embarrassment
, he said, “
Send them
. ”
And
they sent fifty men ,
who
searched
for
three days but did
not find
Elijah
.
And
when they came
again
to him
, (for
he
tarried
at
Jericho, )
he said unto
them, Did
I not
say
unto
you ,
Go
not?
When they returned
to Elisha
, who
was
staying
in
Jericho, he said to
them, “Didn’t
I tell
you not to
go
? ”
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 naught,
and the ground
barren
.
Then
the men of the city said to
Elisha, “Please
note
, our
lord
, that
the city’s
location
is good
, as you
can
see.
But the water is bad
and the land
is
unfruitful
. ”
And
he
said,
Bring me a new cruse
, and put salt therein
. And
they brought it to him .
“
Bring me a new bowl
, ”
he
replied,
“
and put some
salt in
it
. ”
So
they brought it to him ,
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
.
and Elisha
went out
to
the spring, cast the salt into
it
, and said, “This
is
what
the LORD says:
‘
I have healed this
water.
No
longer
will
it
cause
death or unfruitfulness
. ’”
So
the waters were
healed
unto
this day, according to the saying
of
Elisha which
he
spake
.
And
the waters there
have
been
healthy
to
this day, according to the word
spoken
by
Elisha.
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.
From
there,
Elisha
went up to
Bethel ,
and as he was walking
up the road
, a
group
of
boys
came out of the city and jeered
at
him, chanting
, “
Go up, you
baldhead!
Go up, you
baldhead!”
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
.
Then
he turned around
, looked at
them, and called
down
a
curse
on
them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly
two female
bears came
out of the woods
and mauled
forty -
two of the
boys
.
And he
went from
thence
to mount Carmel, and from thence
he returned to Samaria.
And Elisha
went on
to Mount Carmel, and from there
he returned to Samaria.
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