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          DASV: 2 Kings 2    

1 When the LORD was about to take Elijah up into heaven in a
whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha traveled from Gilgal.
2 Elijah told Elisha, "Wait here, for the LORD has sent me to
Bethel. Elisha responded, "As surely as the LORD lives,
and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." So they
went down to Bethel.
3 The sons of the prophets who were in Bethel came out to Elisha,
and asked him, "Do you know that the LORD will take your master
away from you today?" He replied, "Yes, I know, be quiet about
it."
4 Then Elijah told him, "Elisha, wait here, for the LORD has sent
me to Jericho." He responded, "As surely as the LORD lives,
and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." So they
went to Jericho.
5 The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho approached Elisha,
and asked him, "Do you know that the LORD will take your master
away from you today?" He replied, "Yes, I know, be quiet
about it."
6 Then Elijah told him, "Wait here, for the LORD has sent me to
the Jordan River." He responded, "As surely as the LORD lives,
and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." So they went
on together.

7 Fifty men of the sons of the prophets also went and stood at
a distance as the two of them stood by the Jordan River.
8 Then Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the water
with it. The water split to the one side and other, so that
they crossed over on dry ground.
9 After they crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, "Tell me what I can
do for you before I am taken away from you." Elisha replied,
"Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit."
10 Elijah said, "What you’ve requested is difficult. If you see
me when I am taken away from you, your request will be granted,
but if not, it won’t happen."
11 As they continued walking on and talking, suddenly a chariot
of fire and horses of fire appeared. They separated the
two of them and Elijah went up in a whirlwind into heaven.
12 When Elisha saw it, he cried out, "My father, my father.
The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!" That was the last
Elisha saw of him. He grabbed hold of his own clothes and
tore them in two pieces.

13 He picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah, and went
back and stood on the bank of the Jordan River.
14 Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him,
and struck the waters, and asked, "Where is the LORD, the God
of Elijah?" When he hit the waters, they divided to the one
side and the other, and Elisha crossed over.

15 When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho some way
off saw him, they said, "The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha."
They came out to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground
before him.
16 They said to him, "Look, there are fifty capable men with
your servants. Please let them go, and look for your master,
lest the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up, and thrown him
on some mountain, or into some valley." But he said, "No,
don't send them."
17 They continued to pester him until he was ashamed to refuse.
He said, "Send them." So they sent the fifty men, and they
searched for three days, but did not find him.
18 When they came back to him, while he was staying at
Jericho, he said to them, "Didn't I tell you not to go?"

19 The men of the town said to Elisha, "The location of the
town is good, as my lord can see, but the water is bad,
and the land unproductive."
20 Then he said, "Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it."
So they brought it to him.
21 Elisha went out to the spring and threw the salt into it,
and said, "This is what the LORD says, 'I have purified
these waters. No longer will death or infertility come
from it.'"
22 So the waters were purified to this day, just as Elisha
had spoken.

23 He went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up on
the road, some boys came out of the town, and mocked him,
heckling him, "Go up, baldy. Go up, baldy."
24 He turned around and saw them, and cursed them in the
name of the LORD. Then two female bears came out of the
woods, and mauled forty-two of the boys.
25 From there he went to Mount Carmel, and then he returned
to Samaria.

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