and when those who carriedthe arkcameinto the Jordan,and the feetof the priestscarryingthe arkwere dippedin the edgeof the water(for the Jordanoverflowsallits banksallthe daysof harvest),
Then Elijahsaidto him, "Pleasestayhere,for the LORDhas sentme to the Jordan."And he said,"As the LORDlives,and as you yourselflive,I will not leaveyou." So the twoof them wenton.
Theseare the oneswhocrossedthe Jordanin the firstmonthwhen it was overflowingallits banksand they putto flightallthose in the valleys,both to the eastand to the west.
Then someof the sonsof Benjaminand Judahcameto the strongholdto David.
"The footwill trampleit, The feetof the afflicted,the stepsof the helpless."
"Ifyou have runwith footmenand they have tiredyou out, Then howcan you competewith horses?If you falldownin a landof peace,Howwill you doin the thicketof the Jordan?
"Behold,one will comeup like a lionfrom the thicketsof the Jordanagainsta perenniallywatered pasture;for in an instantI will make him runaway from it, and whoeveris chosenI shall appointoverit. For whois likeMe, and whowill summonMe [into court]? And whothenis the shepherdwhocan standagainstMe?"
He rebukesthe seaand makesit dry;He driesup allthe rivers.Bashanand Carmelwither;The blossomsof Lebanonwither.
"It shall comeabout when the solesof the feetof the priestswho carrythe arkof the LORD,the Lordof allthe earth,restin the watersof the Jordan,the watersof the Jordanwill be cutoff,[and] the waterswhich are flowingdownfrom abovewill standin oneheap."
It cameabout when the priestswho carriedthe arkof the covenantof the LORDhad comeup from the middleof the Jordan,and the solesof the priests'feetwere liftedup to the dryground,that the watersof the Jordanreturnedto their place,and wentoverallits banksas before.
