14. And he took the robe of Elijah that fell from him, and struck the water, and said, “Where is the Lord, God of Elijah?” When he had struck the water, it parted from one side to the other, and Elisha crossed over.
15. When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho saw him from far off, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they came to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.
16. They said to him, “Look now, there are fifty strong men with your servants. Let them go and look for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the Lord has lifted him up and thrown him on some mountain or into some valley.”He said, “Do not send them.”
17. When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, “Send them.” So they sent fifty men, and they searched for three days but did not find him.
18. When they returned to him (for he had stayed at Jericho), he said to them, “Did I not say to you, do not go?”
19. Now the men of the city said to Elisha, “The location of this city is good, as my lord sees, but the water is bad, and the land is unfruitful.”
20. He said, “Bring me a new bowl and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him.
21. He went out to the spring of water and threw the salt into it and said, “Thus says the Lord: I have healed this water. No more death or unfruitfulness will come from it.”
22. So the waters have been healthy until this day, according to the word that Elisha spoke.
23. He went up from there to Bethel, and going up on the way, little boys came out of the city and made fun of him and said to him, “Go up, you bald head! Go up, you bald head!”
24. He turned around, saw them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two she-bears came out of the woods and ripped open forty-two of the boys.
25. He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.