Elijah Taken Up to Heaven 1 ULT And it happened, when Yahweh took up Elijah in a whirlwind{ to} the heavens, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. BSB BSB: Shortly before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal,
2 ULT And Elijah said to Elisha,“Stay here, please, because Yahweh has sent me to Bethel.” And Elisha said,“The life of Yahweh, and the life of your soul, if I should leave you.” And they went down{ to} Bethel. BSB BSB: and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
3 ULT And sons of the prophets who{ were in} Bethel came out to Elisha, and they said to him,“Do you know that today Yahweh is taking your master from over your head?” And he said,“I, I also know. Be quiet.” BSB BSB: Then the sons of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
4 ULT And Elijah said to Elisha,“Stay here, please, because Yahweh has sent me{ to} Jericho.” And he said,“The life of Yahweh, and the life of your soul, if I should leave you.” And they came{ to} Jericho. BSB BSB: And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.
5 ULT And sons of the prophets who{ were} in Jericho drew near to Elisha, and they said to him,“Do you know that today Yahweh is taking your master from over your head?” And he said,“I, I also know. Be quiet.” BSB BSB: Then the sons of the prophets at Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
6 ULT And Elijah said to him,“Stay here, please, because Yahweh has sent me to the Jordan.” And he said,“The life of Yahweh, and the life of your soul, if I should leave you.” And the two of them went on. BSB BSB: And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.
7 ULT And fifty men from the sons of the prophets went, and they stood opposite at a distance. And the two of them stood by the Jordan. BSB BSB: Then a company of fifty of the sons of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing Elijah and Elisha as the two of them stood by the Jordan.
8 ULT And Elijah took his cloak and rolled{ it} up, and he struck the waters, and they were divided, here and here. And the two of them crossed over on dry ground. BSB BSB: And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
9 ULT And it happened, when they had crossed over, that Elijah said to Elisha,“Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from with you.” And Elisha said,“Then may a double portion of your spirit please be to me.” BSB BSB: After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken away from you?” “Please, let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.
10 ULT And he said,“In asking, you have made difficult. If you see me being taken from with you, it will be thus for you. But if not, it will not be.” BSB BSB: “You have requested a difficult thing,” said Elijah. “Nevertheless, if you see me as I am taken from you, it will be yours. But if not, then it will not be so.”
12 ULT And Elisha was looking, and he was crying out,“My father, my father, the chariotry of Israel and its horsemen!” Then he no longer saw him. And he seized his clothes and tore them into two pieces. BSB BSB: As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.
13 ULT And he lifted up the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from on him. And he returned, and he stood on the lip of the Jordan. BSB BSB: Elisha also picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah, and he went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
14 ULT And he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from on him, and he struck the waters and said,“Where{ is} Yahweh, the God of Elijah, even he?” And he struck the waters, and they were divided, here and here, and Elisha crossed over. BSB BSB: Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.
Elisha Succeeds Elijah 15 ULT And sons of the prophets who{ lived} in Jericho saw him from opposite, and they said,“The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha!” And they came to meet him, and they prostrated themselves to him, to the ground. BSB BSB: When the sons of the prophets who were watching him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.
16 ULT And they said to him,“Behold, please, there are with your servants fifty men, sons of valor. Please, let them go, and let them seek your master, lest the Spirit of Yahweh has lifted him up and thrown him onto one of the mountains or into one of the valleys.” And he said,“Do not send{ them}.” BSB BSB: “Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.
17 ULT But they urged him until he felt shame, so he said,“Send{ them}.” And they sent fifty men, and they searched three days, but they did not find him. BSB BSB: But when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.
18 ULT And they returned to him(and he was staying in Jericho), and he said to them,“Did I not say to you,‘Do not go’?” BSB BSB: When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”
Elisha Heals the Waters of Jericho 19 ULT And the men of the city said to Elisha,“Behold, please, the dwelling place of the city{ is} good, just as my lord is seeing. But the waters{ are} bad, so the land is miscarrying.” BSB BSB: Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”
20 ULT And he said,“Bring to me a new bowl, and put salt there.” And they brought{ it} to him. BSB BSB: “Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him,
21 ULT And he went out to the source of the waters, and he threw salt there. And he said,“Thus says Yahweh,‘I have healed these waters. Death and miscarrying will not still be from there.’” BSB BSB: and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”
22 ULT And the waters were healed, to this day, according to the word of Elisha that he spoke. BSB BSB: And the waters there have been healthy to this day, according to the word spoken by Elisha.
Elisha Mocked 23 ULT And he went up from there{ to} Bethel, and he was going up on the road, and young men came out from the city, and they mocked him. And they said to him,“Go up, bald{ one}! Go up, bald{ one}!” BSB BSB: From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” 24 ULT And he turned behind him, and he saw them, and he cursed them in the name of Yahweh. And two female bears came out from the forest, and they tore apart from them 42 of the boys. BSB BSB: Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
25 ULT And he went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned{ to} Samaria. BSB BSB: And Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
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