Dual Panel1Just before <01961> the Lord <03068> took <05927> Elijah <0452> up <05927> to heaven <08064> in a windstorm <05591>, Elijah <0452> and Elisha <0477> were traveling <01980> from <04480> Gilgal <01537>.
2Elijah <0452> told <0559> Elisha <0477>, “Stay <03427> here <06311>, for <03588> the Lord <03068> has sent <07971> me to <05704> Bethel <01008>.” But Elisha <0477> said <0559>, “As certainly as the Lord <03068> lives <02416> and as you live <02416>, I will not <0518> leave <05800> you.” So they went down <03381> to Bethel <01008>.
3Some members <01121> of the prophetic guild <05030> in Bethel <01008> came out <03318> to <0413> Elisha <0477> and said <0559>, “Do you know <03045> that <03588> today <03117> the Lord <03068> is going to take <03947> your master <0113> from <05921> you?” He answered <0559>, “Yes <01571>, I <0589> know <03045>. Be quiet <02814>.”
4Elijah <0452> said <0559> to him, “Elisha <0477>, stay <03427> here <06311>, for <03588> the Lord <03068> has sent <07971> me to Jericho <03405>.” But he replied <0559>, “As certainly as the Lord <03068> lives <02416> and as you live <02416>, I will not <0518> leave <05800> you.” So they went <0935> to Jericho <03405>.
5Some members <01121> of the prophetic <05030> guild in Jericho <03405> approached <05066> Elisha <0477> and said <0559>, “Do you know <03045> that <03588> today <03117> the Lord <03068> is going to take <03947> your master <0113> from you?” He answered <0559>, “Yes <01571>, I <0589> know <03045>. Be quiet <02814>.”
6Elijah <0452> said <0559> to him, “Stay <03427> here <06311>, for <03588> the Lord <03068> has sent <07971> me to the Jordan <03383>.” But he replied <0559>, “As certainly as the Lord <03068> lives <02416> and as you live <02416>, I will not <0518> leave <05800> you.” So they traveled <01980> on together <08147>.
7The fifty <02572> members <0582> of the prophetic <05030> guild <01121> went <01980> and stood <05975> opposite <05048> them at a distance <07350>, while Elijah and Elisha <08147> stood <05975> by <05921> the Jordan <03383>.
8Elijah <0452> took <03947> his cloak <0155>, folded <01563> it up, and hit <05221> the water <04325> with it. The water divided <02673>, and the two <08147> of them crossed over <05674> on dry ground <02724>.
9When <01961> they had crossed <05674> over, Elijah <0452> said <0559> to <0413> Elisha <0477>, “What <04100> can I do <06213> for you, before <02962> I am taken away <03947> from <05973> you?” Elisha <0477> answered <0559>, “May <04994> I receive <01961> a double <08147> portion <06310> of the prophetic spirit <07307> that energizes you.”
10Elijah replied <0559>, “That’s a difficult <07185> request <07592>! If <0518> you see <07200> me taken <03947> from you, may it be <01961> so <03651>, but if <0518> you don’t <0369>, it will not <03808> happen <01961>.”
11As they <01992> were <01961> walking along <01980> <01980> and talking <01696>, suddenly a fiery <0784> chariot <07393> pulled by fiery <0784> horses <05483> appeared. They went between <0996> Elijah and Elisha, and Elijah <0452> went up <05927> to heaven <08064> in a windstorm <05591>.
12While Elisha <0477> was watching <07200>, he <01931> was crying out <06817>, “My father <01>, my father <01>! The chariot <07393> and horsemen <06571> of Israel <03478>!” Then he could no <03808> longer <05750> see <07200> him. He grabbed <02388> his clothes <0899> and tore <07167> them in two <08147>.
13He picked up <07311> Elijah’s <0452> cloak <0155>, which <0834> had fallen off <05307> him, and went back <07725> and stood <05975> on <05921> the shore <08193> of the Jordan <03383>.
14He took <03947> the cloak <0155> that <0834> had fallen <05307> off <05921> Elijah <0452>, hit <05221> the water <04325> with it, and said <0559>, “Where <0346> is the Lord <03068>, the God <0430> of Elijah <0452>?” When he <01931> hit <05221> the water <04325>, it divided <02673> and Elisha <0477> crossed over <05674>.
15When the members <01121> of the prophetic guild <05030> in Jericho <03405>, who <0834> were standing at a distance <05048>, saw <07200> him do this, they said <0559>, “The spirit <07307> that energized Elijah <0452> rests <05117> upon <05921> Elisha <0477>.” They went <0935> to meet <07125> him and bowed down <07812> to the ground <0776> before him.
16They said <0559> to <0413> him, “Look <02009>, there are <03426> fifty <02572> capable <02428> men <0376> with <0854> your servants <05650>. Let <04994> them go <01980> and look for <01245> your master <0113>, for <06435> the wind <07307> sent from the Lord <03068> may have carried <05375> him away <05375> and dropped <07993> him on one <0259> of the hills <02022> or <0176> in one <0259> of the valleys <01516>.” But Elisha replied <0559>, “Don’t <03808> send <07971> them out <07971>.”
17But they were so insistent <06484>, he became embarrassed <0954>. So <05704> he said <0559>, “Send <07971> them out <07971>.” They sent <07971> the fifty <02572> men <0376> out <07971> and they looked for <01245> three <07969> days <03117>, but could not <03808> find <04672> Elijah.
18When they came back <07725>, Elisha <01931> was staying <03427> in Jericho <03405>. He said <0559> to <0413> them, “Didn’t <03808> I tell <0559> you, ‘Don’t <0408> go <01980>’?”
19The men <0376> of the city <05892> said <0559> to <0413> Elisha <0477>, “Look <02009>, the city <05892> has a good <02896> location <04186>, as <0834> our master <0113> can see <07200>. But the water <04325> is bad <07451> and the land <0776> doesn’t produce crops <07921>.”
20Elisha said <0559>, “Get <03947> me a new <02319> jar <06746> and put <07760> some salt <04417> in it.” So they got <03947> it.
21He went out <03318> to <0413> the spring <04325> <04161> and threw <07993> the salt <04417> in <08033>. Then he said <0559>, “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, ‘I have purified <07495> this <0428> water <04325>. It will <01961> no <03808> longer <05750> cause death <04194> or fail to produce crops <07921>.”
22The water <04325> has been pure <07495> to <05704> this <02088> very day <03117>, just as <0834> Elisha <0477> prophesied <01696>.
23He went up <05927> from there <08033> to Bethel <01008>. As he <01931> was traveling up <05927> the road <01870>, some young <06996> boys <05288> came out <03318> of the city <05892> and made fun <07046> of him, saying <0559>, “Go on up <05927>, baldy <07142>! Go on up <05927>, baldy <07142>!”
24When he turned <06437> around <0310> and saw <07200> them, he called <07043> God’s <03068> judgment down <07043> on them. Two <08147> female bears <01677> came out <03318> of <04480> the woods <03293> and ripped <01234> forty-two <08147> <0705> of the boys <03206> to pieces.
25From there <08033> he traveled <01980> to <0413> Mount <02022> Carmel <03760> and then back <07725> to Samaria <08111>.