So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed by him and cast his mantle upon him.
2 Kings 2:13 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) And he took up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan. American Standard Version (1901) He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan. Common English Bible Then Elisha picked up the coat that had fallen from Elijah. He went back and stood beside the banks of the Jordan River. Catholic Public Domain Version And he picked up the cloak of Elijah, which had fallen from him. And turning back, he stood above the bank of the Jordan. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he took up the mantle of Elias, that fell from him: and going back, he stood upon the bank of the Jordan, |
So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed by him and cast his mantle upon him.
King Solomon built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
And Elisha saw it and he cried, “My father, my father! the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And he saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and rent them in two pieces.
Then he took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water, saying, “Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” And when he had struck the water, the water was parted to the one side and to the other; and Elisha went over.
Then Elijah took his mantle, and rolled it up, and struck the water, and the water was parted to the one side and to the other, till the two of them could go over on dry ground.
They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, ill-treated—
He said to her, “What is his appearance?” And she said, “An old man is coming up; and he is wrapped in a robe.” And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and did obeisance.