So he set out from there, and found Elisha son of Shaphat, who was plowing. There were twelve yoke of oxen ahead of him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle over him.
2 Kings 2:13 - New Revised Standard Version He picked up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 set out from there, and found Elisha son of Shaphat, who was plowing. There were twelve yoke of oxen ahead of him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle over 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.
Elisha kept watching and crying out, “Father, father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” But when he could no longer see him, he grasped his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.
He took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water, saying, “Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” 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; the water was parted to the one side and to the other, until the two of them crossed on dry ground.
They were stoned to death, they were sawn in two, they were killed by the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, persecuted, tormented—
He said to her, “What is his appearance?” She said, “An old man is coming up; he is wrapped in a robe.” So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and did obeisance.