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II Kings Chapter 2

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II Kings

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In this chapter the king David is described as a man of God who has been anointed by the Lord, but his son Absalom begins to plot against him. The chapter shows the growing conflict between the king and his rebellious son, leading to a battle where Absalom defeats the king's army.

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(1) And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
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Genesis 5:24I Kings 19:4Luke 9:51Acts 1:9Hebrews 11:5Revelation 11:12I Kings 18:12I Kings 19:11Job 38:1I Kings 19:16I Kings 19:17I Kings 19:18

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II Kings 2:14I Kings 17:23I Kings 18:7I Kings 18:40I Kings 19:13II Kings 2:2

(2) And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel.
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Ruth 1:15Ruth 1:16II Samuel 15:19II Samuel 15:20John 6:67John 6:68II Kings 2:4II Kings 2:6II Kings 4:30I Samuel 1:26I Samuel 17:55I Samuel 25:26

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II Kings 2:4II Kings 2:6II Kings 4:30II Kings 3:11II Kings 2:9I Samuel 20:3

(3) And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
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II Kings 2:5II Kings 2:7II Kings 2:15II Kings 4:1II Kings 4:38II Kings 9:1I Samuel 10:10I Samuel 10:11I Samuel 10:12I Samuel 19:20I Kings 18:4I Kings 20:35

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II Kings 2:5II Kings 2:2II Kings 8:14II Kings 4:1II Kings 3:13II Kings 4:38

(4) And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
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Joshua 6:26I Kings 16:34Luke 19:1II Kings 2:2II Kings 4:30Acts 2:42Acts 11:23

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II Kings 2:2II Kings 2:6Joshua 16:1II Kings 4:30I Samuel 20:3I Samuel 25:26

(5) And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
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II Kings 2:3Joshua 1:1Joshua 1:2Luke 24:51John 17:5John 17:6John 17:7Acts 1:2Acts 1:11Acts 26:25Genesis 48:19Ecclesiastes 3:7

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II Kings 2:3II Kings 8:14II Kings 4:1II Kings 2:15II Kings 3:13II Kings 4:38

(6) And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.
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II Kings 2:2II Kings 2:4II Kings 4:30I Samuel 20:3I Samuel 25:26II Samuel 15:21

(7) And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
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II Kings 2:17I Kings 18:4I Kings 18:13

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II Kings 1:13Ezekiel 48:17I Kings 18:4I Kings 18:13I Kings 18:19II Kings 1:10

(8) And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
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I Kings 19:13I Kings 19:19II Kings 2:14Exodus 14:21Exodus 14:22Joshua 3:14Joshua 3:15Joshua 3:16Joshua 3:17Psalms 114:5Psalms 114:6Psalms 114:7

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II Kings 2:14Joshua 3:17I Kings 19:13Genesis 1:6Genesis 1:7Genesis 8:13

(9) And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
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II Kings 13:14II Kings 13:15II Kings 13:16II Kings 13:17II Kings 13:18II Kings 13:19Numbers 27:16Numbers 27:17Numbers 27:18Numbers 27:19Numbers 27:20Numbers 27:21

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II Kings 2:2II Kings 2:1II Kings 2:14II Kings 6:17II Kings 6:18II Kings 8:14

(10) And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.
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Mark 11:22Mark 11:23Mark 11:24John 16:24II Kings 2:12Acts 1:9Acts 1:10

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I Kings 3:11II Chronicles 1:11

(11) And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
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II Kings 6:17Psalms 68:17Psalms 104:3Psalms 104:4Ezekiel 1:4Ezekiel 1:5Ezekiel 1:6Ezekiel 1:7Ezekiel 1:8Ezekiel 1:9Ezekiel 1:10Ezekiel 1:11

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Zechariah 6:2Zechariah 6:3II Kings 2:14Isaiah 21:7II Kings 2:1

(12) And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
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II Kings 13:14Job 22:30Proverbs 11:11Ecclesiastes 7:19Ecclesiastes 9:16Ecclesiastes 9:17Ecclesiastes 9:18Isaiah 37:4Isaiah 37:15Isaiah 37:21Acts 27:24Proverbs 30:4

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II Kings 5:8Isaiah 21:7Isaiah 8:9Jeremiah 51:21Jeremiah 51:22Jeremiah 51:23

(13) He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
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II Kings 2:8I Kings 19:19I Kings 9:26

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II Kings 2:14Judges 5:27I Kings 18:7Joshua 4:7I Kings 19:13

(14) And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
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II Kings 2:8II Kings 2:9II Kings 2:10Joshua 1:1Joshua 1:2Joshua 1:3Joshua 1:4Joshua 1:5Joshua 1:6Joshua 1:7Joshua 1:8Joshua 1:9

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II Kings 2:8Genesis 1:6Joshua 3:13Ezekiel 47:4Exodus 7:20I Kings 18:7

(15) And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
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Numbers 11:25Numbers 11:26Numbers 11:27Numbers 11:28Numbers 11:29Numbers 27:20Joshua 3:7Isaiah 11:2Isaiah 59:21John 15:26John 15:27Acts 1:8

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II Kings 2:4Genesis 18:2Genesis 19:1II Samuel 14:14Isaiah 28:24I Kings 18:16

(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.
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I Kings 18:12Ezekiel 3:14Ezekiel 8:3Ezekiel 11:24Ezekiel 40:2Acts 8:39II Corinthians 12:2II Corinthians 12:3

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Ephesians 4:11II Samuel 17:9Matthew 13:8Matthew 13:23Mark 4:8Mark 4:20

(17) And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
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II Samuel 18:22II Samuel 18:23Luke 11:8Romans 10:2Hebrews 11:5

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II Kings 1:13Ezekiel 48:17Genesis 38:17II Kings 1:10

(18) And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
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Joshua 16:1

(19) And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
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Numbers 12:11I Kings 18:7I Kings 18:13I Timothy 5:17Exodus 7:19Exodus 15:23Joshua 6:17Joshua 6:26I Kings 16:34Exodus 23:26Deuteronomy 28:2Deuteronomy 28:3

(20) And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
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Judges 9:45Ezekiel 47:11Zephaniah 2:9

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Revelation 10:6Leviticus 2:13Mark 9:50

(21) And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
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II Kings 4:41II Kings 6:6Exodus 15:25Exodus 15:26Leviticus 2:13Matthew 5:11Mark 9:50John 9:6Ezekiel 47:8Ezekiel 47:9Ezekiel 47:10Ezekiel 47:11

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Genesis 1:6Joshua 3:13Ezekiel 47:4Ezekiel 47:8Genesis 1:7Genesis 7:18

(22) So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.
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Genesis 1:6Joshua 3:13II Kings 2:14II Kings 2:21Ezekiel 47:4Ezekiel 47:8

(23) And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
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I Kings 12:28I Kings 12:29I Kings 12:30I Kings 12:31I Kings 12:32Hosea 4:15Hosea 10:5Hosea 10:15Amos 3:14Amos 4:4Amos 5:5Amos 7:13

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Leviticus 13:42Leviticus 13:43Genesis 12:8I Samuel 10:3Proverbs 6:10Proverbs 24:33

(24) And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
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II Kings 1:10II Kings 1:11II Kings 1:12Genesis 9:25Deuteronomy 28:15Deuteronomy 28:16Deuteronomy 28:17Deuteronomy 28:18Deuteronomy 28:19Deuteronomy 28:20Deuteronomy 28:21Deuteronomy 28:22

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II Kings 1:5Jeremiah 48:10Joshua 8:20Psalms 78:57Jeremiah 46:5Ezekiel 10:11

(25) And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
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II Kings 4:25I Kings 18:19I Kings 18:42

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Amos 9:3Deuteronomy 30:4Judges 21:24II Kings 7:8Amos 9:2Judges 18:13

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