Elisha becomes a student who surpasses his master. He asks for a “double portion” of the spirit Elijah had (2 Kgs 2:9) and indeed he performs twice as many miracles. The miracles of Elisha demonstrate God’s control over all of nature (2:19–24; 3:17; 6:1–7), war (6:8–23), food (and the cycles of plenty and scarcity; 4:1–7, 38–44; 6:24–7:20), disease (5:1–14), and even birth and death itself (4:8–36). After such a long and miraculous career, we might expect Elisha to be carried into heaven as Elijah