12:002:012 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father,
my father, the
chariot
of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw
him no
more:
and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them
in
two
pieces.
12:002:013 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that
fell from him, and
went
back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
12:002:014 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell
from him, and smote
the
waters, and said, Where is the lord God of Elijah?
and
when
he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither
and
thither:
and Elisha went over.
12:002:015 And when the sons of the prophets which
were to view at
Jericho
saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest
on
Elisha.
And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to
the
ground
before him.
12:002:016 And they said unto him, Behold now, there
be with thy servants
fifty
strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy
master:
lest peradventure the Spirit of the lord hath
taken
him
up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley.
And
he said, Ye shall not send.
12:002:017 And when they urged him till he was ashamed,
he said, Send.
They
sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days,
but
found
him not.
12:002:018 And when they came again to him, (for he
tarried at Jericho,)
he
said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
12:002:019 And the men of the city said unto Elisha,
Behold, I pray thee,
the
situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth:
but
the
water is naught, and the ground barren.
12:002:020 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and
put salt therein. And
they
brought it to him.
12:002:021 And he went forth unto the spring of the
waters, and cast the
salt
in there, and said, Thus saith the lord, I have
healed
these
waters; there shall not be from thence any more death
or
barren
land.
12:002:022 So the waters were healed unto this day,
according to the
saying
of Elisha which he spake.
12:002:023 And he went up from thence unto Bethel:
and as he was going up
by
the way, there came forth little children out of the
city,
and
mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head;
go
up,
thou bald head.
12:002:024 And he turned back, and looked on them,
and cursed them in the
name
of the lord. And there came forth two she
bears out of
the
wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
12:002:025 And he went from thence to mount Carmel,
and from thence he
returned
to Samaria.


