2:1 Now
when
the
LORD
was
about
to
take
Elijah
up
to
heaven
by
a
whirlwind,
Elijah
and
Elisha
were
on
their
way
from
Gilgal.
2:2 And
Elijah
said
to
Elisha,
"Please
stay
here,
for
the
LORD
has
sent
me
as
far
as
Bethel."
But
Elisha
said,
"As
the
LORD
lives,
and
as
you
yourself
live,
I
will
not
leave
you."
So
they
went
down
to
Bethel.
2:3 And
the
sons
of
the
prophets
who
were
in
Bethel
came
out
to
Elisha
and
said
to
him,
"Do
you
know
that
today
the
LORD
will
take
away
your
master
from
over
you"
And
he
said,
"Yes,
I
know
it;
keep
quiet."
2:4 Elijah
said
to
him,
"Elisha,
please
stay
here,
for
the
LORD
has
sent
me
to
Jericho."
But
he
said,
"As
the
LORD
lives,
and
as
you
yourself
live,
I
will
not
leave
you."
So
they
came
to
Jericho.
2:5 The
sons
of
the
prophets
who
were
at
Jericho
drew
near
to
Elisha
and
said
to
him,
"Do
you
know
that
today
the
LORD
will
take
away
your
master
from
over
you"
And
he
answered,
"Yes,
I
know
it;
keep
quiet."
2:6 Then
Elijah
said
to
him,
"Please
stay
here,
for
the
LORD
has
sent
me
to
the
Jordan."
But
he
said,
"As
the
LORD
lives,
and
as
you
yourself
live,
I
will
not
leave
you."
So
the
two
of
them
went
on.
2:7 Fifty
men
of
the
sons
of
the
prophets
also
went
and
stood
at
some
distance
from
them,
as
they
both
were
standing
by
the
Jordan.
2:8 Then
Elijah
took
his
cloak
and
rolled
it
up
and
struck
the
water,
and
the
water
was
parted
to
the
one
side
and
to
the
other,
till
the
two
of
them
could
go
over
on
dry
ground.
2:9 When
they
had
crossed,
Elijah
said
to
Elisha,
"Ask
what
I
shall
do
for
you,
before
I
am
taken
from
you."
And
Elisha
said,
"Please
let
there
be
a
double
portion
of
your
spirit
on
me."
2:10 And
he
said,
"You
have
asked
a
hard
thing;
yet,
if
you
see
me
as
I
am
being
taken
from
you,
it
shall
be
so
for
you,
but
if
you
do
not
see
me,
it
shall
not
be
so."
2:11 And
as
they
still
went
on
and
talked,
behold,
chariots
of
fire
and
horses
of
fire
separated
the
two
of
them.
And
Elijah
went
up
by
a
whirlwind
into
heaven.
2:12 And
Elisha
saw
it
and
he
cried,
"My
father,
my
father!
The
chariots
of
Israel
and
its
horsemen!"
And
he
saw
him
no
more.
Then
he
took
hold
of
his
own
clothes
and
tore
them
in
two
pieces.
2:13 And
he
took
up
the
cloak
of
Elijah
that
had
fallen
from
him
and
went
back
and
stood
on
the
bank
of
the
Jordan.
2:14 Then
he
took
the
cloak
of
Elijah
that
had
fallen
from
him
and
struck
the
water,
saying,
"Where
is
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Elijah"
And
when
he
had
struck
the
water,
the
water
was
parted
to
the
one
side
and
to
the
other,
and
Elisha
went
over.
2:15 Now
when
the
sons
of
the
prophets
who
were
at
Jericho
saw
him
opposite
them,
they
said,
"The
spirit
of
Elijah
rests
on
Elisha."
And
they
came
to
meet
him
and
bowed
to
the
ground
before
him.
2:16 And
they
said
to
him,
"Behold
now,
there
are
with
your
servants
fifty
strong
men.
Please
let
them
go
and
seek
your
master.
It
may
be
that
the
Spirit
of
the
LORD
has
caught
him
up
and
cast
him
upon
some
mountain
or
into
some
valley."
And
he
said,
"You
shall
not
send."
2:17 But
when
they
urged
him
till
he
was
ashamed,
he
said,
"Send."
They
sent
therefore
fifty
men.
And
for
three
days
they
sought
him
but
did
not
find
him.
2:18 And
they
came
back
to
him
while
he
was
staying
at
Jericho,
and
he
said
to
them,
"Did
I
not
say
to
you,
'Do
not
go'"
2:19 Now
the
men
of
the
city
said
to
Elisha,
"Behold,
the
situation
of
this
city
is
pleasant,
as
my
lord
sees,
but
the
water
is
bad,
and
the
land
is
unfruitful."
2:20 He
said,
"Bring
me
a
new
bowl,
and
put
salt
in
it."
So
they
brought
it
to
him.
2:21 Then
he
went
to
the
spring
of
water
and
threw
salt
in
it
and
said,
"Thus
says
the
LORD,
I
have
healed
this
water;
from
now
on
neither
death
nor
miscarriage
shall
come
from
it."
2:22 So
the
water
has
been
healed
to
this
day,
according
to
the
word
that
Elisha
spoke.
2:23 He
went
up
from
there
to
Bethel,
and
while
he
was
going
up
on
the
way,
some
small
boys
came
out
of
the
city
and
jeered
at
him,
saying,
"Go
up,
you
baldhead!
Go
up,
you
baldhead!"
2:24 And
he
turned
around,
and
when
he
saw
them,
he
cursed
them
in
the
name
of
the
LORD.
And
two
she-bears
came
out
of
the
woods
and
tore
forty-two
of
the
boys.
2:25 From
there
he
went
on
to
Mount
Carmel,
and
from
there
he
returned
to
Samaria.