M.
The rapture of Elijah
2 Kings 2:1-18
2 Kings 2
:1
2:1
And when Jehovah was about to
atake up Elijah by a whirlwind into heaven,
1Elijah went with
1Elisha from Gilgal.
2 Kings 2
:2
2:2
And Elijah said to Elisha, Stay here, for Jehovah has sent me as far as Bethel. And Elisha said, As Jehovah lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they went down to Bethel.
2 Kings 2
:3
2:3
Then the sons of the prophets who were in Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, Do you know that Jehovah will take away your master from over your head today? And he said, I too know it; be silent.
2 Kings 2
:4
2:4
And Elijah said to him, Elisha, stay here, for Jehovah has sent me to Jericho. And he said, As Jehovah lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And they came to Jericho.
2 Kings 2
:5
2:5
And the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho approached Elisha and said to him, Do you know that Jehovah will take away your master from over your head today? And he said, I too know it; be silent.
2 Kings 2
:6
2:6
And Elijah said to him, Stay here, for Jehovah has sent me to the Jordan. And he said, As Jehovah lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So the two of them went on.
2 Kings 2
:7
2:7
And fifty men from the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite
them at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan.
2 Kings 2
:8
2:8
And Elijah took his
1amantle and wrapped it together and struck the water; and it
bparted to this side and that, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
2 Kings 2
:9
2:9
And when they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I should do for you before I am taken from you. And Elisha said, Let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.
2 Kings 2
:10
2:10
And he said, You have asked a hard thing. If you see me when I am taken from you, so will it be to you; but if not, it will not be so.
2 Kings 2
:11
2:11
And as they went on and talked, suddenly a
achariot of fire and horses of fire
appeared; and they separated the two of them. And
bElijah 1cwent up by a whirlwind into heaven.
2 Kings 2
:12
2:12
And Elisha saw
it and cried,
aMy father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen! And he did not see him anymore. And he grasped his clothes and
1tore them in two pieces.
2 Kings 2
:13
2:13
And he picked up Elijah’s
amantle, which had fallen from him, and returned and stood by the bank of the Jordan.
2 Kings 2
:14
2:14
And he took Elijah’s mantle, which had fallen from him, and struck the water and said, Where is Jehovah, the God of Elijah? And when he also struck the water, it parted to this side and that, and Elisha crossed over.
2 Kings 2
:15
2:15
And when the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho opposite
him saw him, they said, The
1spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha. And they came to meet him and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
2 Kings 2
:16
2:16
And they said to him, Here with your servants are fifty strong men; let them go and seek your master, lest the
aSpirit of Jehovah has taken him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley. And he said, You shall not send
them.
2 Kings 2
:17
2:17
But when they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, Send
them. So they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find him.
2 Kings 2
:18
2:18
And they returned to him while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, Did I not say to you, Do not go?
N.
Elisha's ministry of grace
2 Kings 2:19-25
1.
Healing the bad water of Jericho
2:19-22
2 Kings 2
:19
2:19
And the men of the city said to Elisha, The location of the city is good, as my lord can see; but the water is bad, and the land is barren.
2 Kings 2
:20
2:20
And he said, Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it. And they brought
it to him.
2 Kings 2
:21
2:21
And he went out to the source of the water and threw salt there; and he said, Thus says Jehovah, I have
1healed this water; there will not be any more death or barrenness from there.
2 Kings 2
:22
2:22
So the water has been healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha, which he spoke.
2.
Cursing the mocking boys
2:23-25
2 Kings 2
:23
2:23
And he went up from there to Bethel. And as he was going up on the way, some little boys came out from the city and mocked him and said to him,
aGo up, baldhead; go up, baldhead.
2 Kings 2
:24
2:24
And he turned around and looked at them and
1cursed them in the name of Jehovah. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two children among them.
2 Kings 2
:25
2:25
And he went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
