Then he took hold of his garment and tore ( W) it in two.ġ3 Elisha then picked up Elijah’s cloak that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. ( U) 12 Elisha saw this and cried out, “My father! My father! The chariots ( V) and horsemen of Israel!” And Elisha saw him no more.
“Let me inherit a double ( Q) portion of your spirit,” ( R) Elisha replied.ġ0 “You have asked a difficult thing,” Elijah said, “yet if you see me when I am taken from you, it will be yours-otherwise, it will not.”ġ1 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire ( S) and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven ( T) in a whirlwind. The water divided ( O) to the right and to the left, and the two of them crossed over on dry ( P) ground.ĩ When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?” 8 Elijah took his cloak, ( M) rolled it up and struck ( N) the water with it. “Yes, I know,” he replied, “so be quiet.”Ħ Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here ( J) the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.” ( K)Īnd he replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” ( L) So the two of them walked on.ħ Fifty men from the company of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing the place where Elijah and Elisha had stopped at the Jordan. ( H)”Īnd he replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.ĥ The company ( I) of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, “Do you know that the Lord is going to take your master from you today?” “Yes, I know,” Elisha replied, “so be quiet.”Ĥ Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here, Elisha the Lord has sent me to Jericho. ( D) 2 Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here ( E) the Lord has sent me to Bethel.”īut Elisha said, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” ( F) So they went down to Bethel.ģ The company ( G) of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and asked, “Do you know that the Lord is going to take your master from you today?” 2 When the Lord was about to take ( A) Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, ( B) Elijah and Elisha ( C) were on their way from Gilgal.