Shortly before the LORD - took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind , Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal ,
and Elijah said to Elisha , “ Please stay here , for the LORD has sent me on to vvv 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.
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 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.
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 “ 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.
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 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.
After they had crossed over , Elijah said to Elisha , “ Tell me , what can I do before I am taken away from you ? ” “ Please , let me inherit a double portion of your spirit , ” Elisha replied.
“ You have requested a difficult thing , ” said Elijah. “ (Nevertheless,) if you see me as I am taken from you , it will be ... But if not , then it will not be (so). ”
- 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.
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 ....
Elisha also picked up - the cloak that had fallen from Elijah , and he went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
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.
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
“ 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.
But when they pressed to the point of embarrassment , he said , “ Send (them). ” And they sent fifty men , who searched for three days but did not find (Elijah).
When they returned to (Elisha) , who was staying in Jericho , he said to them , “ Didn’t I tell you not to go ? ”
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. ”
“ Bring a new bowl , ” he replied , “ and put some salt in it. ” So they brought (it) to him ,
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. ’”
And the waters (there) have been healthy to this day , according to the word - spoken by Elisha.
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 chanting “ Go up , you baldhead ! Go up , you baldhead ! ”
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 Elisha went on to Mount Carmel , and from there he returned to Samaria.