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* And it happened when the LORD was to take Elijah up into Heaven by a whirlwind , Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal . * And Elijah said to Elisha , Please stay here , for the LORD has sent me to Bethel . And Elisha said , [As ] the LORD lives , and as your soul lives , I will not leave you . So they went down to Bethel . * And the sons of the prophets at Bethel came forth to Elisha , and said to him , Do you know that the LORD will take away your master from your head today ? And he said , Yes , I know . Keep silent . * And Elijah said to him , Elisha , please stay here . For the LORD has sent me to Jericho . And he said , [As ] the Lord lives , and as your soul lives , I will not leave you . So they came to Jericho . * And the sons of the prophets at Jericho came to Elisha and said to him , Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from your head today ? And he answered , Yes , I know . Keep silent . * And Elijah said to him , Please stay here , for the LORD has sent me to Jordan . And he said , [As ] the LORD lives , and as your soul lives , I will not leave you . And the two of them went on . * And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went on and stood afar off across [from them ]. And both of them stood by the Jordan . * And Elijah took his mantle and rolled [it ] up , and struck the waters . And they were divided here and there , so that both of them crossed over on dry ground . * And it happened when they had gone over , Elijah said to Elisha . Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken away from you . And Elisha said , please , let a double portion of your spirit be upon me . * And he said , You have asked a hard thing , [but ] if you see me taken from you , it shall be so to you ; but if not , it shall not be . * And it happened as they went on and talked , behold , a chariot of fire and horses of fire [came ], and they separated between them both . And Elijah went up in a tempest into Heaven . * And Elisha saw , and he cried , My father , my father , the chariot of Israel and its horsemen ! And he saw him no more . And he took hold of his clothes and tore them in two pieces . * He also took up the mantle of Elijah which had fallen from him , and went back and stood by the bank of Jordan . * And he took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him , and struck the waters , and said , Where [is ] Jehovah God of Elijah , even He ? And he also hit the waters , and they parted here and there . And Elisha went over . * And when the sons of the prophets across in Jericho saw him , they said , The spirit of Elijah rests upon Elisha ! And they came to meet him and bowed to the ground before him . * And [they ] said to him , Behold now , there are with your servants fifty strong men . Please let them go and seek your master , lest the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and cast him upon some mountain , or into some valley . And he said , You shall not send . * And they urged him until he was ashamed , he said , Send . And they sent fifty men . And they looked for three days , but did not find him . * And they returned to him , And he was staying in Jericho . And he said to them , Did I not say to you , Do not go ? * And the men of the city said to Elisha , Behold , please , the location of this city [is ] pleasant , as my lord sees . But the waters [are ] bad , and the ground [is ] barren . * And he said , Bring me a new jar and put salt in it . And they brought to him . * And he went forth to the spring of the waters and threw the salt in there , and said , So says the LORD , I have healed these waters . There shall not be any more death or barrenness from there . * And the waters were healed to this day , according to the saying of Elisha which he spoke . * And he went up from there to Bethel . And he was going up in the highway . And little boys came out from the city and mocked him , and said to him , Go up , bald head ! Go up , bald head ! * And he turned behind him and saw them , and declared them vile in the name of the LORD . And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two boys of them . * And he went from there to Mount Carmel , and from there he returned to Samaria .

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