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Now when the
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Elijah said to him, "Elisha, stay here; for the
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Then Elijah said to him, "Stay here; for the
9 When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, "Tell me what I may do for you, before I am taken from you." Elisha said, "Please let me inherit a double share of your spirit." 10 He responded, "You have asked a hard thing; yet, if you see me as I am being taken from you, it will be granted you; if not, it will not." 11 As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a whirlwind into heaven.
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Elisha kept watching and crying out, "Father, father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!" But when he could no longer see him, he grasped his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.
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He picked up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
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He took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water, saying, "Where is the
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When the company of prophets 4 who were at Jericho saw him at a distance, they declared, "The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha." They came to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.
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They said to him, "See now, we have fifty strong men among your servants; please let them go and seek your master; it may be that the spirit of the
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Now the people of the city said to Elisha, "The location of this city is good, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is unfruitful."
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He said, "Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it." So they brought it to him.
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Then he went to the spring of water and threw the salt into it, and said, "Thus says the
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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 away, baldhead! Go away, baldhead!"
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When he turned around and saw them, he cursed them in the name of the