II Kings · Chapter 2 King James Version

II Kings 2:16

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The Scripture

(16) And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)

Elijah and Elisha crossed the Jordan on dry ground after Elijah struck the water with his mantle, and Elisha asked for a double portion of Elijah's spirit before Elijah was taken up to heaven in a whirlwind by a chariot of fire. Elisha then parted the Jordan with Elijah's fallen mantle, healed the waters of Jericho with salt, and cursed a group of mocking youths at Bethel, who were then mauled by two she-bears.

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