1Now it happened that, when the Lord willed to lift up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were going out of Gilgal.stylusGenesis 5:24, Genesis 5:24, Hebrews 11:5, Hebrews 11:5, 1 Kings 19:162And Elijah said to Elisha: “Remain here. For the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” And Elisha said to him, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not forsake you.” And when they had descended to Bethel,stylus2 Kings 2:6, 2 Kings 2:6, 2 Kings 4:30, Ruth 1:15, Ruth 1:183the sons of the prophets, who were at Bethel, went out to Elisha. And they said to him, “Do you not know that today the Lord will take away your lord from you?” And he responded: “I know it. Be silent.”stylus2 Kings 4:1, 2 Kings 4:38, 2 Kings 4:1, 2 Kings 4:38, 2 Kings 9:14Then Elijah said to Elisha: “Remain here. For the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” And he said, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not forsake you.” And when they had arrived at Jericho,stylus2 Kings 2:2, 2 Kings 2:2, Joshua 6:26, Joshua 6:26, 1 Kings 16:345the sons of the prophets, who were at Jericho, drew near to Elisha. And they said to him, “Do you not know that today the Lord will take away your lord from you?” And he said: “I know it. Be silent.”stylus2 Kings 2:3, 2 Kings 2:3, Genesis 48:19, Acts 1:11, Joshua 1:16Then Elijah said to him: “Remain here. For the Lord has sent me as far as the Jordan.” And he said, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not forsake you.” And so, the two of them continued on together.stylus2 Kings 2:2, 2 Kings 2:2, Joshua 3:15, Joshua 3:157And fifty men from the sons of the prophets followed them, and they stood opposite them, at a distance. But the two of them were standing above the Jordan.stylus2 Kings 2:17, 1 Kings 18:13, 1 Kings 18:4, 2 Kings 2:17, 1 Kings 18:138And Elijah took his cloak, and he rolled it up, and he struck the waters, which were divided into two parts. And they both went across on dry ground.stylusExodus 14:21, Exodus 14:22, 1 Kings 19:19, Exodus 14:21, Exodus 14:229And when they had gone across, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what you wish that I may do for you, before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “I beg you, that twice your spirit may be accomplished in me.”stylusNumbers 11:17, Numbers 11:17, Deuteronomy 21:17, Deuteronomy 21:17, John 16:710And he responded: “You have requested a difficult thing. Nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, you will have what you requested. But if you do not see, it shall not be.”stylus2 Kings 2:12, John 16:24, Mark 11:22, Mark 11:24, 2 Kings 2:1211And as they continued on, they were conversing while walking. And behold, a fiery chariot with fiery horses divided the two. And Elijah ascended by a whirlwind into heaven.stylusPsalms 104:3, Psalms 104:4, 2 Kings 6:17, Psalms 104:3, Psalms 104:412Then Elisha saw it, and he cried out: “My father, my father! The chariot of Israel with its driver!” And he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own garments, and he tore them into two parts.stylus2 Kings 13:14, 2 Kings 13:14, Job 1:20, Job 1:21, Mark 16:1913And he picked up the cloak of Elijah, which had fallen from him. And turning back, he stood above the bank of the Jordan.stylus1 Kings 19:19, 1 Kings 9:26, 1 Kings 19:19, 1 Kings 9:26, 2 Kings 2:814And he struck the waters with the cloak of Elijah, which had fallen from him, and they were not divided. And he said, “Where is the God of Elijah, even now?” And he struck the waters, and they were divided here and there. And Elisha went across.stylusJohn 14:12, John 14:12, Psalms 42:10, Psalms 42:10, Joshua 1:115Then the sons of the prophets, who were at Jericho, watching from a distance, said, “The spirit of Elijah has rested upon Elisha.” And approaching to meet him, they reverenced him prone on the ground.stylus1 Peter 4:14, Acts 1:8, 1 Peter 4:14, Acts 1:8, 2 Corinthians 12:916And they said to him, “Behold, with your servants there are fifty strong men, who are able to go forth and to seek your lord. For perhaps, the Spirit of the Lord has taken him up and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley.” But he said, “Do not send them.”stylus1 Kings 18:12, 1 Kings 18:12, Acts 8:39, Acts 8:39, Ezekiel 3:1417And they urged him, until he acquiesced and said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men. And after they had searched for three days, they did not find him.stylus2 Kings 8:11, 2 Kings 8:11, Hebrews 11:5, 2 Samuel 18:22, 2 Samuel 18:2318And they returned to him, for he was living in Jericho. And he said to them: “Did I not say to you, ‘Do not send them?’ ”stylus19Also, the men of the city said to Elisha: “Behold, this city is a very good habitation, as you yourself perceive, O lord. But the waters are very bad, and the ground is barren.”stylusDeuteronomy 28:2, Deuteronomy 28:4, Deuteronomy 28:2, Deuteronomy 28:4, Exodus 23:2620And so he said, “Bring a new vessel to me, and place salt in it.” And when they had brought it,stylusZephaniah 2:9, Judges 9:45, Zephaniah 2:9, Judges 9:45, Ezekiel 47:1121he went out to the source of the waters, and he cast the salt into it. And he said: “Thus says the Lord: I have healed these waters, and no longer shall there be death or barrenness in them.”stylusExodus 15:25, Exodus 15:26, Exodus 15:25, Exodus 15:26, 2 Kings 4:4122Then the waters were healed, even to this day, in accord with the word of Elisha, which he spoke.stylus23Then he went up from there into Bethel. And as he was ascending along the way, little boys departed from the city. And they were mocking him, saying: “Go up, bald head! Go up, bald head!”stylus2 Chronicles 36:16, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Job 19:18, Job 30:1, Job 19:1824And when he had looked back, he saw them, and he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two bears went out from the forest, and they wounded forty-two boys among them.stylusActs 13:9, Acts 13:11, Acts 13:9, Acts 13:11, Acts 5:525Then he went away from there to mount Carmel. And he returned from there into Samaria.stylus2 Kings 4:25, 2 Kings 4:25, 1 Kings 18:19, 1 Kings 18:20, 1 Kings 18:19