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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>2 Kings 2 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_kings/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_kings/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > 2 Kings 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_kings/1.htm" title="2 Kings 1">◄</a> 2 Kings 2 <a href="../2_kings/3.htm" title="2 Kings 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/2_kings/2.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Elijah Taken to Heaven</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now when the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And the sons of the prophets who were in Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that today the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will take away your master from over you?” And he said, “Yes, I know it; keep quiet.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Elijah said to him, “Elisha, please stay here, for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has sent me to Jericho.” But he said, “As the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho drew near to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that today the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will take away your master from over you?” And he answered, “Yes, I know it; keep quiet.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then Elijah said to him, “Please stay here, for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has sent me to the Jordan.” But he said, “As the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Fifty men of the sons of the prophets also went and stood at some distance from them, as they both were standing by the Jordan. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Elijah took his cloak and rolled it up and struck the water, and the water was parted to the one side and to the other, till the two of them could go over on dry ground.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “Please let there be a double portion of your spirit on me.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And he said, “You have asked a hard thing; yet, if you see me as I am being taken from you, it shall be so for you, but if you do not see me, it shall not be so.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Elisha saw it and he cried, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And he saw him no more.</p><p class="regular">Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he took up the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the water, saying, “Where is the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Elijah?” And when he had struck the water, the water was parted to the one side and to the other, and Elisha went over.</p> <p class="heading">Elisha Succeeds Elijah</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Now when the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho saw him opposite them, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they came to meet him and bowed to the ground before him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And they said to him, “Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your master. It may be that the Spirit of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has caught him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley.” And he said, “You shall not send.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, “Send.” They sent therefore fifty men. And for three days they sought him but did not find him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And they came back to him while he was staying at Jericho, and he said to them, “Did I not say to you, ‘Do not go’?”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Now the men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees, but the water is bad, and the land is unfruitful.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He said, “Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then he went to the spring of water and threw salt in it and said, “Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, I have healed this water; from now on neither death nor miscarriage shall come from it.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So the water has been healed to this day, according to the word that Elisha spoke.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>From there he went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. 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