| 1 | It happened, when Yahweh would take up Elijah by a whirlwind into heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. | Gn 5:24 1Ki 19:4 Lk 9:51 Ac 1:9 Heb 11:5 Rev 11:12 |
| 2 | Elijah said to Elisha, Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me as far as Bethel. Elisha said, As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they went down to Bethel. | Ru 1:15 Ru 1:16 2Sa 15:19 2Sa 15:20 Jn 6:67 Jn 6:68 |
| 3 | The sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said to him, "Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from your head today?" He said, "Yes, I know it; hold your peace." | 2Ki 2:5 2Ki 2:7 2Ki 2:15 2Ki 4:1 2Ki 4:38 2Ki 9:1 1Sa 10:10-12 1Sa 19:20 1Ki 18:4 1Ki 20:35 Isa 8:18 |
| 4 | Elijah said to him, Elisha, please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to Jericho. He said, As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they came to Jericho. | Jsh 6:26 1Ki 16:34 Lk 19:1 |
| 5 | The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came near to Elisha, and said to him, "Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from your head today?" He answered, "Yes, I know it. Hold your peace." | 2Ki 2:3 Jsh 1:1 Jsh 1:2 Lk 24:51 Jn 17:5-7 Ac 1:2 Ac 1:11 Ac 26:25 |
| 6 | Elijah said to him, "Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to the Jordan." He said, "As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you." They two went on. |
| 7 | Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off: and they two stood by the Jordan. | 2Ki 2:17 1Ki 18:4 1Ki 18:13 |
| 8 | Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that they two went over on dry ground. | 1Ki 19:13 1Ki 19:19 |
| 9 | It happened, when they had gone over, that Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you. Elisha said, please let a double portion of your spirit be on me. | 2Ki 13:14-19 Nm 27:16-23 Dt 34:9 1Ch 29:18 1Ch 29:19 Ps 72:1 Ps 72:20 Lk 24:45-51 Jn 17:9-13 Ac 1:8 Ac 8:17 Ac 20:25-36 |
| 10 | He said, You have asked a hard thing: [nevertheless], if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so to you; but if not, it shall not be so. | Mk 11:22-24 Jn 16:24 |
| 11 | It happened, as they still went on, and talked, that behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them both apart; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. | 2Ki 6:17 Ps 68:17 Ps 104:3 Ps 104:4 Ezk 1:4-28 Ezk 10:9-22 Hab 3:8 Zc 3:8 Zc 6:1-8 Heb 1:14 |
| 12 | Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen of it! He saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and tore them in two pieces. | 2Ki 13:14 Jb 22:30 Pr 11:11 Ec 7:19 Ec 9:16-18 Isa 37:4 Isa 37:15 Isa 37:21 Ac 27:24 |
| 13 | He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan. | 2Ki 2:8 1Ki 19:19 |
| 14 | He took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah? and when he also had struck the waters, they were divided here and there; and Elisha went over. | 2Ki 2:8-10 Jsh 1:1-9 Mk 16:20 Jn 14:12 Ac 2:33 Ac 3:12 Ac 3:13 |
| 15 | When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho over against him saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah does rest on Elisha. They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. | Nm 11:25-29 Nm 27:20 Jsh 3:7 Isa 11:2 Isa 59:21 Jn 15:26 Jn 15:27 Ac 1:8 2Co 12:9 1Pe 4:14 |
| 16 | They said to him, See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray you, and seek your master, lest the Spirit of Yahweh has taken him up, and cast him on some mountain, or into some valley. He said, You shall not send. | 1Ki 18:12 Ezk 3:14 Ezk 8:3 Ezk 11:24 Ezk 40:2 Ac 8:39 2Co 12:2 2Co 12:3 |
| 17 | When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but didn`t find him. | 2Sa 18:22 2Sa 18:23 Lk 11:8 Ro 10:2 |
| 18 | They came back to him, while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, "Didn`t I tell you, `Don`t go?`" |
| 19 | The men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, we pray you, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees: but the water is bad, and the land miscarries. | Nm 12:11 1Ki 18:7 1Ki 18:13 1Ti 5:17 |
| 20 | He said, Bring me a new jar, and put salt therein. They brought it to him. | Jg 9:45 Ezk 47:11 Zep 2:9 |
| 21 | He went forth to the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and said, Thus says Yahweh, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from there any more death or miscarrying. | 2Ki 4:41 2Ki 6:6 Ex 15:25 Ex 15:26 Lv 2:13 Mt 5:11 Mk 9:50 Jn 9:6 |
| 22 | So the waters were healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke. |
| 23 | He went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth young lads out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, you baldy; go up, you baldhead. | 1Ki 12:28-32 Hos 4:15 Hos 10:5 Hos 10:15 Am 3:14 Am 4:4 Am 5:5 Am 7:13 |
| 24 | He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Yahweh. There came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and mauled forty-two lads of them. | 2Ki 1:10-12 Gn 9:25 Dt 28:15-26 Jg 9:20 Jg 9:57 Jer 28:16 Jer 29:21-23 Lam 3:65 Am 7:17 Mk 11:14 Mk 11:21 Ac 5:5 Ac 5:9 Ac 8:20 Ac 13:9-11 2Co 10:6 |
| 25 | He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria. | 2Ki 4:25 1Ki 18:19 1Ki 18:42 |
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