2 Kings 2:13-25 - Elisha Succeeds Elijah

¹³ He also took up the mantle of Elijah which had fallen from him, and went back and stood by the bank of Jordan. ¹⁴ And he took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the waters, and said, Where is Jehovah, the God of Elijah, even He? And he also hit the waters, and they parted here and there. And Elisha went over.

¹⁵ And when the sons of the prophets across in Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah rests upon Elisha! And they came to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.

¹⁶ And they said to him, Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your master, lest the Spirit of Jehovah has taken him up and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, You shall not send.

¹⁷ And they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, Send. And they sent fifty men. And they looked for three days, but did not find him. ¹⁸ And they returned to him, And he was staying in Jericho. And he said to them, Did I not say to you, Do not go?

¹⁹ And the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, please, the location of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees. But the waters are bad, and the ground is barren.

²⁰ And he said, Bring me a new jar and put salt in it. And they brought to him. ²¹ And he went forth to the spring of the waters and threw the salt in there, and said, So says Jehovah, I have healed these waters. There shall not be any more death or barrenness from there. ²² And the waters were healed to this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spoke.

²³ And he went up from there to Bethel. And he was going up in the highway. And little boys came out from the city and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, bald head! Go up, bald head! ²⁴ And he turned behind him and saw them, and declared them vile in the name of Jehovah. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two boys of them. ²⁵ And he went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.