2Kings:2:1-22
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And it happened ,
when Jehovah was to take up Elijah to Heaven in a tempest ,
Elijah and Elisha went from Gilgal .
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And Elijah said to Elisha ,
Please stay here ,
for Jehovah has sent me to Bethel .
And Elisha said ,
As Jehovah lives ,
and your soul lives ,
I will not leave you .
And they went down to Bethel .
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And the sons of the prophets in Bethel came out to Elisha ,
and said to him ,
Do you know that today Jehovah will take your lord from your head ?
And he said ,
Yes ,
I know .
Keep silent .
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And Elijah said to him ,
Elisha ,
please stay here ,
for Jehovah has sent me to Jericho .
And he said ,
As Jehovah lives ,
and your soul lives ,
I will not leave you .
And they came into Jericho .
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And the sons of the prophets in Jericho came near to Elisha ,
and said to him ,
Do you know that today Jehovah will take away your lord from your head ?
And he said ,
Yes ,
I know .
Keep silent .
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And Elijah said to him ,
Please stay here ,
for Jehovah has sent me to the Jordan .
And he said ,
As Jehovah lives ,
and your soul lives ,
I will not leave you .
And they went on ,
both of them .
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And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went on and stood afar off ,
across from them .
And they both stood by the Jordan .
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And Elijah took his mantle ,
and rolled it up ,
and struck the waters .
And they were divided here and there ,
so that they both went over on dry ground .
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And it happened ,
when they were crossing ,
Elijah said to Elisha ,
Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you .
And Elisha said ,
Then let there now be a double mouth of your spirit on me .
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And he said ,
You have asked a hard thing .
If you shall see me taken from you ,
it shall be so to you .
And if not ,
it shall not be .
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And it happened ,
as they were going on and speaking ,
behold ,
a chariot of fire and horses of fire came .
And they separated between them both ,
and Elijah went up in a tempest to Heaven .
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And Elisha was watching ,
and he was crying ,
My father ,
my father ,
the chariot of Israel and its horsemen !
And he did not see him again .
And he took hold on his garments and tore them into two pieces .
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And he lifted up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him ,
and turned back and stood on the lip of the Jordan .
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And he took Elijah '
s mantle that had fallen from him ,
and struck the waters ,
and said ,
Where is Jehovah the God of Elijah ,
even He ?
And he struck the waters ;
and they were split in two here and there ,
and Elisha crossed over .
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And when they saw him ,
the sons of the prophets across in Jericho ,
then they said ,
The spirit of Elijah has rested on Elisha .
And they came to meet him ,
and bowed to the earth to him .
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And they said to him ,
Behold ,
now ,
there are with your servants fifty men ,
mighty sons .
Please let them go ,
and they shall seek your lord ,
lest the Spirit of Jehovah has taken him up and has cast him on one of the mountains ,
or into one of the valleys .
And he said ,
You shall not send .
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And they pressed on him until he was ashamed .
And he said ,
Send .
And they sent fifty men ,
and they sought three days and did not find him .
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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 ?
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And the men of the city said to Elisha ,
Behold ,
now ,
the site of the city is good ,
as my lord sees ,
but the waters are bad ;
and the ground causes barrenness .
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And he said ,
Bring a new dish to me ,
and put salt there .
And they took it to him .
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And he went out to the source of the waters and threw salt there ,
and said ,
So says Jehovah ,
I have given healing to these waters ;
there shall not be death and sterility there any more .
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And the waters were healed to this day ,
according to the word of Elisha that he spoke .
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