2 Kings 2:9
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| Overview - 2 Kings 2 | |
| 1 | Elijah, taking his leave of Elisha, with his mantle divides Jordan; |
| 9 | and, granting Elisha his request, is taken up by a fiery chariot into heaven. |
| 12 | Elisha, dividing Jordan with Elijah's mantle, is acknowledged his successor. |
| 16 | The young prophets, hardly obtaining leave to seek Elijah, cannot find him. |
| 19 | Elisha with salt heals the unwholesome waters. |
| 23 | Bears destroy the children that mocked Elisha. |
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2 Kings 2:9 (King James Version)
And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
- Ask what
- 13:14-19 Numbers 27:16-23 ; Deuteronomy 34:9 ; 1 Chronicles 29:18 1 Chronicles 29:19 ; Psalms 72:1 Psalms 72:20
- Luke 24:45-51 ; John 17:9-13 ; Acts 1:8 ; 8:17 20:25-36
- Elisha said
- Numbers 11:17 Numbers 11:25 ; 1 Kings 3:9 ; 2 Chronicles 1:9 2 Chronicles 1:10 ; John 14:12-14 ; 16:7 1 Corinthians 12:31
- a double portion
- This probably refers to the law respecting the first-born, who had a double portion of the property of his father. As Elisha may have considered himself as the first-born of Elijah, so he requested a double portion of his spiritual influence.
- Numbers 27:20 ; Deuteronomy 21:17 ; Zechariah 9:12 ; 12:8 1 Timothy 5:17