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2 Re 2:13

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13 e raccolse il mantello ch’era caduto di dosso ad Elia, tornò indietro, e si fermò sulla riva del Giordano.

2 Re 2:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 2:13

He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him
Which he had now no further need of, and Elisha had, having rent his clothes in two; and this falling into his hands was a token of his succeeding him in his office, and that he should have the double portion of his spirit:

and he went back, and stood by the brook of Jordan;
at the place where he and Elijah had passed over together.

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2 Re 2:13 In-Context

11 E com’essi continuavano a camminare discorrendo assieme, ecco un carro di fuoco e de’ cavalli di fuoco che li separarono l’uno dall’altro, ed Elia salì al cielo in un turbine.
12 E Eliseo lo vide e si mise a gridare: "Padre mio, padre mio! Carro d’Israele e sua cavalleria!" Poi non lo vide più. E, afferrate le proprie vesti, le strappò in due pezzi;
13 e raccolse il mantello ch’era caduto di dosso ad Elia, tornò indietro, e si fermò sulla riva del Giordano.
14 E, preso il mantello ch’era caduto di dosso ad Elia, percosse le acque, e disse: "Dov’è l’Eterno, l’Iddio d’Elia?" E quando anch’egli ebbe percosse le acque, queste si divisero di qua e di là, ed Eliseo passò.
15 Quando i discepoli dei profeti che stavano a Gerico di faccia al Giordano ebbero visto Eliseo, dissero: "Lo spirito d’Elia s’è posato sopra Eliseo". E gli si fecero incontro, s’inchinarono fino a terra davanti a lui,
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