Elijah
said to him, “Elisha, please stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.”
But he said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave
you.” So they came to Jericho.
8 Then Elijah took his cloak and rolled it up and struck
the water, and the water was parted to the one side and to the other, till the
two of them could go over on dry ground.
9 When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I
shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “Please let
there be a double portion of your spirit on me.” 10 And he said, “You have
asked a hard thing; yet, if you see me as I am being taken from you, it shall
be so for you, but if you do not see me, it shall not be so.” 11 And as they
still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated
the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 12 And Elisha
saw it and he cried, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its
horsemen!” And he saw him no more.
Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two
pieces. 13 And he took up the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and went
back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. 14 Then he took the cloak of Elijah
that had fallen from him and struck the water, saying, “Where is the Lord, the
God of Elijah?” And when he had struck the water, the water was parted to the
one side and to the other, and Elisha went over.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version.
ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing
ministry of Good News Publishers.
Illustration from a woodcut by Baron
Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld, 1794-1872, a distinguished German artist known
especially for his book, Das Buch der Bücher in Bilden (The Book of Books in
Pictures). © WELS used by permission for personal and congregational use.
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