2 Kings 2:15-25 - Elisha Begins His Ministry

¹⁵ And, when the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho, over against him, saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah, resteth, on Elisha. So they came to meet him, and bowed themselves down to him, to the ground.

¹⁶ Then said they unto him - Lo! we pray thee, there are with thy servants fifty men, sons of valour - let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy lord, lest the Spirit of Yahweh have borne him away, and cast him on one of the mountains, or into one of the valleys. And he said - Ye shall not send.

¹⁷ But, when they urged him until he was ashamed, he said - Send. So they sent fifty men, and made search three days, but found him not. ¹⁸ And, when they came back unto him, he, having tarried at Jericho, he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Do not go?

¹⁹ And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Lo! we pray thee, the situation of the city, is good, as, my lord, seeth, - but, the waters, are bad, and, the land, apt to miscarry.

²⁰ And he said - Bring me a new bowl, and put therein, salt. So they brought it unto him; ²¹ and he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast therein, saith, - and said - Thus, saith Yahweh, I have healed these waters; there shall come from thence, no longer, death or aptness to miscarry. ²² So the waters were healed, as they remain unto this day, - according to the word of Elisha which he spake.

²³ And he went up from thence, to Bethel, - and, as he was going up on the way, some lads, came forth, out of the city, and made mockery of him, and said to him, Go up, bald head! Go up, bald head! ²⁴ And, when he turned round and saw them, he cursed them, in the name of Yahweh, - and there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tare, of them, forty-two youths. ²⁵ And he went from thence, unto Mount Carmel, - and, from thence, he returned, to Samaria.