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1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Eli­jah into heav­en by a whirl­wind, that Eli­jah went with El­isha from Gil­gal. 2 And Eli­jah said unto El­isha, Tar­ry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And El­isha said un­to him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel. 3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to El­isha, and said unto him, Know­est thou that the LORD will take away thy mas­ter from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. 4 And Eli­jah said unto him, El­isha, tar­ry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jeri­cho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jeri­cho. 5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jeri­cho came to El­isha, and said unto him, Know­est thou that the LORD will take away thy mas­ter from thy head to day? And he an­swered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. 6 And Eli­jah said unto him, Tar­ry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jor­dan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. 7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jor­dan. 8 And Eli­jah took his man­tle, and wrapped it to­geth­er, and smote the wa­ters, and they were di­vid­ed hith­er and thith­er, so that they two went over on dry ground. 9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Eli­jah said unto El­isha, Ask what I shall do for thee, be­fore I be tak­en away from thee. And El­isha said, I pray thee, let a dou­ble por­tion of thy spir­it be upon me. 10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am tak­en from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. 11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, be­hold, there appeared a char­i­ot of fire, and hors­es of fire, and part­ed them both asun­der; and Eli­jah went up by a whirl­wind into heav­en. 12 And El­isha saw it, and he cried, My fa­ther, my fa­ther, the char­i­ot of Is­rael, and the horse­men there­of. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. 13 He took up also the man­tle of Eli­jah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jor­dan; 14 And he took the man­tle of Eli­jah that fell from him, and smote the wa­ters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Eli­jah? and when he also had smit­ten the wa­ters, they part­ed hith­er and thith­er: and El­isha went over. 15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jeri­cho saw him, they said, The spir­it of Eli­jah doth rest on El­isha. And they came to meet him, and bowed them­selves to the ground be­fore him. 16 And they said unto him, Be­hold now, there be with thy ser­vants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy mas­ter: lest per­ad­ven­ture the Spir­it of the LORD hath tak­en him up, and cast him upon some moun­tain, or into some val­ley. And he said, Ye shall not send. 17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent there­fore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. 18 And when they came again to him, (for he tar­ried at Jeri­cho, ) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? 19 And the men of the city said unto El­isha, Be­hold, I pray thee, the sit­u­a­tion of this city is pleas­ant, as my lord seeth: but the wa­ter is naught, and the ground bar­ren. 20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt there­in. And they brought it to him. 21 And he went forth unto the spring of the wa­ters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these wa­ters; there shall not be from thence any more death or bar­ren land. 22 So the wa­ters were healed unto this day, ac­cord­ing to the say­ing of El­isha which he spake. 23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was go­ing up by the way, there came forth lit­tle chil­dren out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two chil­dren of them. 25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he re­turned to Samaria.