2 Kings 2:8-14 ▼

8 And Elijah took his cloak and rolled it up, and he struck the waters, and they were divided here and here, and the two of them passed over on the dry ground.

9 And so it was at their passing over, that Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I may do for you before I am taken away from you.” And Elisha said, “Let be, please, a double portion of your spirit upon me.”

10 And he said, “You have made it difficult by asking. If you see me taken from you, it will be so for you. But if not, it will not be.”

11 And it came to pass, as they were walking, walking on and speaking, that behold a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and they separated between the two of them, and Elijah went up in the whirlwind into the heavens.

12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen,” and he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces.

13 And He took up the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him, and he returned and stood by the bank of the Jordan.

14 And he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters, and he said, “Where is YHWH, God of Elijah—even he?” And he struck the waters, and they were divided here and here. And Elisha passed over.