2 Kings 2:9–15

⁹And it cometh to pass, at their passing over, that Elijah hath said unto Elisha, ‘Ask, what do I do for thee before I am taken from thee?’ and Elisha saith, ‘Then let there be, I pray thee, a double portion of thy spirit unto me;’ ¹⁰and he saith, ‘Thou hast asked a hard thing; if thou dost see me taken from thee, it is to thee so; and if not, it is not.’ ¹¹And it cometh to pass, they are going, going on and speaking, and lo, a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and they separate between them both, and Elijah goeth up in a whirlwind, to the heavens. ¹²And Elisha is seeing, and he is crying, ‘My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and its horsemen;’ and he hath not seen him again; and he taketh hold on his garments, and rendeth them into two pieces.

¹³And he taketh up the robe of Elijah, that fell from off him, and turneth back and standeth on the edge of the Jordan, ¹⁴and he taketh the robe of Elijah that fell from off him, and smiteth the waters, and saith, ‘Where is Jehovah, God of Elijah—even He?’ and he smiteth the waters, and they are halved, hither and thither, and Elisha passeth over. ¹⁵And they see him—the sons of the prophets who are in Jericho—over-against, and they say, ‘Rested hath the spirit of Elijah on Elisha;’ and they come to meet him, and bow themselves to him to the earth,