2 Kings 2:9-15 ▼

9 When they had crossed the Jordan River, Elijah invited Elisha, |Ask me what you want me to do for you before I'm taken away from you.| So Elisha asked, |Please, may there be a double portion of your spirit upon me!|

10 |That's a hard thing to ask for,| Elijah answered, |but if you see me while I'm being taken from you, it will happen for you. But if you don't see me, it won't happen.|

11 As they continued on, talking as they went, suddenly chariots blazing with fire and pulled by fiery horses appeared, separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a wind storm to heaven!

12 As Elisha continued to watch, he cried out, |My father! My father! The chariots of Israel and its cavalry!| Then he did not see Elijah anymore. After this, Elisha gripped his clothes that he was wearing, tore them apart into two pieces,

13 picked up Elijah's ornamented cloak that had fallen from him, and went back to stand on the bank of the Jordan River.

14 Elisha took hold of Elijah's ornamental cloak that had been left behind, struck the water, and cried out: |Where is the LORD God of Elijah?| All of a sudden, after he had struck the water, the water divided into two parts! One side of the river stood opposite the other, and Elisha crossed over.

15 As soon as the Guild of Prophets who lived adjacent to Jericho saw Elisha, they began to announce, |The spirit of Elijah is at rest on Elisha!| So they came out to meet him and they greeted him by bowing low to the ground in front of him.