And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up
Elijah
into heaven
by a whirlwind
, that Elijah
went
with Elisha
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 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
.
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 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
.
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 fifty men
of the sons
of the prophets
went
, and stood
to view
afar off
: and they two
stood
by 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 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.
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 .
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
.
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
.
He took up also the mantle
of Elijah
that fell
from him, and went back
, and stood
by the bank
of 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
.
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.
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
.
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.
And when they came again to him, (for he tarried
at Jericho
,) he said
unto them, Did I not say
unto you, Go
not?
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
.
And he said, Bring
me a new
cruse
, and put
salt
therein. And 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 .
So the waters were healed
unto this day
, according to the saying
of Elisha
which he spake
.
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
.
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.
And he went from thence to mount
Carmel
, and from thence he returned
to Samaria
.