WEB2 Kings 2VersionWEBBookGenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelationChapterCh.GoReaderOriginal TextInterlinear1When the LORD was about to take Elijah up by a whirlwind into heaven, Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.Loading interlinear verse...2Elijah said to Elisha, “Please wait here, for the LORD has sent me as far as Bethel.”3The sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that the LORD will take away your master from over you today?”4Elijah said to him, “Elisha, please wait here, for the LORD has sent me to Jericho.”5The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came near to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that the LORD will take away your master from over you today?”6Elijah said to him, “Please wait here, for the LORD has sent me to the Jordan.”7Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite them at a distance; and they both stood by the Jordan.8Elijah took his mantle, and rolled it up, and struck the waters; and they were divided here and there, so that they both went over on dry ground.9When they had gone over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.”10He said, “You have asked a hard thing. If you see me when I am taken from you, it will be so for you; but if not, it will not be so.”11As they continued on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.12Elisha saw it, and he cried, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”13He also took up Elijah’s mantle that fell from him, and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan.14He took Elijah’s mantle that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, “Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” When he also had struck the waters, they were divided apart, and Elisha went over.15When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho facing him saw him, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.16They said to him, “See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your master. Perhaps the LORD’s Spirit has taken him up, and put him on some mountain or into some valley.”17When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, “Send them.”18They came back to him while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go’?”19The men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, please, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is barren.”20He said, “Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.” Then they brought it to him.21He went out to the spring of the waters, and threw salt into it, and said, “The LORD says, ‘I have healed these waters. There shall not be from there any more death or barren wasteland.’”22So the waters were healed to this day, according to Elisha’s word which he spoke.23He went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up by the way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldy! Go up, you baldy!”24He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the LORD’s name. Then two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of those youths.25He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.Previous chapterNext chapter