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2 Kings 2:4-14

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4 Elijah said to him, "Elisha, please 1stay here, for the LORD has sent me to 2Jericho." But he said, "3As the LORD lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." So they came to Jericho.
5 4The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho approached Elisha and said to him, "5Do you know that the LORD will take away your master from over you today?" And he answered, "Yes, I know; be still."
6 Then Elijah said to him, "Please 6stay here, for the LORD has sent me to 7the Jordan." And he said, "As the LORD lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." So the two of them went on.
7 Now 8fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite * them at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan.
8 Elijah 9took his mantle and folded it together and 10struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
9 When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you." And Elisha said, "Please, let a 11double portion of your spirit be upon me."
10 He said, "You have asked a hard thing. Nevertheless, if you 12see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so."
11 As they were going along and talking, behold, there appeared 13a chariot of fire and horses of fire which separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind to heaven.
12 Elisha saw it and cried out, "14My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!" And he saw Elijah no more. Then 15he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.
13 He also took up the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and returned and stood by the bank of the Jordan.
14 He took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and struck the waters and said, "Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?" And when he also had 16struck the waters, they were divided here and there; and Elisha crossed over.
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2 Kings 2:4-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 2

This chapter relates, how that Elisha accompanied Elijah to several places, and on the other side Jordan Elijah was taken up from him to heaven, which occasioned great lamentation in him, 2Ki 2:1-12, but having the mantle of Elijah, he divided the waters of Jordan, and passed over, 2Ki 2:13,14, and the sons of the prophets at Jericho, perceiving the spirit of Elijah on him, showed him great respect, and proposed sending men to seek his master, which they did in vain, 2Ki 2:15-18, when he healed the waters at Jericho, at the request of the men of it, 2Ki 2:19-22, and the chapter is concluded with the destruction of forty two children at Bethel by bears, who mocked him, 2Ki 2:23,24.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 16

Footnotes 5

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