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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>2 Kings 2 New American Bible</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="/bmcc/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/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</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">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch12002" class="chapter"> <h1 class="bksect">VI. <span class="ac">Elisha Succeeds Elijah</span><a id="rfn12002000-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn12002000-1">*</a></h1> <h1 id="cn12002" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">Elijah’s Journey.</span> <span id="v12002001" class="ver">1</span>When the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, he and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.<a id="rfn12002001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn12002001-1">*</a></p> <p><span id="v12002002" class="ver">2</span>Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, please. The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> has sent me on to Bethel.” Elisha replied, “As the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel. <span id="v12002003" class="ver">3</span>The guild prophets who were in Bethel went out to Elisha and asked him, “Do you know that today the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> will take your master from you?” He replied, “Yes, I know that. Be still.”</p> <p><span id="v12002004" class="ver">4</span>Elijah said to him, “Elisha, stay here, please. The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> has sent me on to Jericho.” Elisha replied, “As the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho. <span id="v12002005" class="ver">5</span>The guild prophets who were in Jericho approached Elisha and asked him, “Do you know that today the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> will take your master from you?” He replied, “Yes, I know that. Be still.”</p> <p><span id="v12002006" class="ver">6</span>Elijah said to him, “Stay here, please. The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> has sent me on to the Jordan.” Elisha replied, “As the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two went on together. <span id="v12002007" class="ver">7</span>Fifty of the guild prophets followed and stood facing them at a distance, while the two of them stood next to the Jordan.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Elisha Succeeds Elijah.</span> <span id="v12002008" class="ver">8</span>Elijah took his mantle, rolled it up and struck the water: it divided, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.<a id="ren12002008-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en12002008-a">a</a></p> <p><span id="v12002009" class="ver">9</span><a id="ren12002009-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en12002009-b">b</a> When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Request whatever I might do for you, before I am taken from you.” Elisha answered, “May I receive a double portion of your spirit.”<a id="rfn12002009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn12002009-1">*</a> <span id="v12002010" class="ver">10</span>He replied, “You have asked something that is not easy. Still, if you see me taken up from you, your wish will be granted; otherwise not.” <span id="v12002011" class="ver">11</span>As they walked on still conversing, a fiery chariot and fiery horses came between the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind,<a id="ren12002011-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en12002011-c">c</a> <span id="v12002012" class="ver">12</span>and Elisha saw it happen. He cried out, “My father! my father!<a id="rfn12002012-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn12002012-1">*</a> Israel’s chariot and steeds!” Then he saw him no longer.</p> <p>He gripped his own garment, tore it into two pieces, <span id="v12002013" class="ver">13</span>and picked up the mantle which had fallen from Elijah. Then he went back and stood at the bank of the Jordan. <span id="v12002014" class="ver">14</span>Wielding the mantle which had fallen from Elijah, he struck the water and said, “The <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, the God of Elijah—where is he now?”<a id="rfn12002014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn12002014-1">*</a> He struck the water: it divided, and he crossed over.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Elisha’s Journey.</span> <span id="v12002015" class="ver">15</span>The guild prophets in Jericho, who were on the other side, saw him and said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” They went to meet him, bowing to the ground before him.<a id="ren12002015-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en12002015-d">d</a> <span id="v12002016" class="ver">16</span>They said, “Among your servants are fifty brave men. Let them go in search of your master. Perhaps the spirit of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> has lifted him up and left him on some mountain or in some valley.” He answered, “Do not send them.”<a id="ren12002016-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en12002016-e">e</a> <span id="v12002017" class="ver">17</span>But they kept urging him, until he was embarrassed and said, “Send them.” So they sent the fifty men, who searched for three days without finding him.<a id="ren12002017-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en12002017-f">f</a> <span id="v12002018" class="ver">18</span>When they returned to Elisha in Jericho, where he was staying, he said to them, “Did I not tell you not to go?”</p> <p><span id="v12002019" class="ver">19</span><a id="ren12002019-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en12002019-g">g</a> The inhabitants of the city complained to Elisha, “The site of the city is fine indeed, as my lord can see, but the water is bad and the land sterile.” <span id="v12002020" class="ver">20</span>Elisha said, “Bring me a new bowl and put salt into it.” When they had brought it to him, <span id="v12002021" class="ver">21</span>he went out to the spring and threw salt into it, saying, “Thus says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>: I have purified this water. Never again shall death or sterility come from it.” <span id="v12002022" class="ver">22</span>And the water has stayed pure even to this day, according to the word Elisha had spoken.</p> <p><span id="v12002023" class="ver">23</span><a id="rfn12002023-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn12002023-1">*</a> From there Elisha went up to Bethel. While he was on the way, some little boys came out of the city and jeered at him: “Go away, baldy; go away, baldy!” <span id="v12002024" class="ver">24</span>The prophet turned and saw them, and he cursed them in the name of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>. Then two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the children to pieces.</p> <p><span id="v12002025" class="ver">25</span>From there he went to Mount Carmel, and returned to Samaria from there.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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