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II Kings
Chapter 2
1
And it came to pass,
when
Jehovah/God desired to take up Elijah
into
heaven by a whirlwind,
that
Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
2
And Elijah said unto Elisha,
Delay/Tarry
here, I pray you . . .
for
Jehovah/God has sent me to Bethel.
And
Elisha said unto him,
As
Jehovah/God lives,
and
as your soul lives,
I
will not leave you.
So
they went down to Bethel.
3
And the sons of the prophets
who
were at Bethel came forth to Elisha,
and
said unto him,
Know
you that Jehovah/God
will
take away your master
from
your head today?
And
he said, Yes, I know it;
hold
you your peace.
4
And Elijah said unto him,
Elisha,
delay/tarry here, I pray you . . .
for
Jehovah/God has sent me to Jericho.
And
he said, As Jehovah/God lives,
and
as your soul lives,
I
will not leave you.
So
they came to Jericho.
5
And the sons of the prophets
who
were at Jericho came to Elisha,
and
said unto him,
Know
you that Jehovah/God
will
take away your master
from
your head/leadership today?
And
he answered, Yes, I know it;
hold
you your peace.
6
And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray you, here;
for
Jehovah/God has sent me to Jordan.
And
he said,
As
Jehovah/God lives,
and
as your soul lives,
I
will not leave you.
And
they two went on.
7
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went,
and
stood to view afar off
and
they two stood by Jordan.
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.
9
And it came to pass,
when
they were gone over,
that
Elijah said unto Elisha,
Ask
what I shall do for you,
before
I be taken away from you.
And
Elisha said, I pray you,
let
a double portion of your spirit
be
upon me.
10
And he said,
you
have asked a hard thing
nevertheless,
if you see me when I am taken from you,
it
shall be so unto you.
But
if not, it shall not be so.
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.
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.
13
He took up also the mantle of Elijah
that
fell from him, and went back,
and
stood by the bank of Jordan; 14
and
he took the mantle of Elijah
that
fell from him,
and
smote the waters, and said,
Where
is Jehovah/God 'Elohiym/Godhead of Elijah?
And
when he also had smitten the waters,
they
parted hither and thither
and
Elisha went over.
15
And when the sons of the prophets
who
were to view at Jericho saw him, they said,
The
spirit of Elijah does rest on Elisha.
And
they came to meet him,
and
bowed themselves to the ground before him.
16
And they said unto him,
Behold
now, there be with your servants fifty strong men;
let
them go, we pray you, and seek your master . . .
lest
perhaps the spirit of Jehovah/God
has
taken him up,
and
cast him upon some mountain,
or
into some valley.
And
he said, you shall not send.
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.
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?
19
And the men of the city said unto Elisha,
Behold,
I pray you, the situation of this city is pleasant,
as
my lord sees
but
the water is nothing . . .
and
the ground barren.
20
And he said, Bring me a new cruse,
and
put salt therein.
And
they brought it to him.
21
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters,
and
cast the salt in there, and said,
Thus
said Jehovah/God,
I
have healed these waters;
there
shall not be from there
any
more death or barren land.
22
So the waters were healed unto this day,
according
to the saying of Elisha which he spoke.
23
And he went up from there 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, you bald head;
go
up, you bald head.
24
And he turned back, and looked on them,
and
cursed them in the name of Jehovah/God.
And
there came forth two she bears out of the wood,
and
tore apart forty and two children of them.
25
And he went from there to mount Carmel,
and
from there he returned to Samaria.
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