9. And as they were crossing, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask for something, and I will do it for you before I am taken away from you.”And Elisha said, “Let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.”
10. He said, “You have asked for a difficult thing, but if you see me when I am taken from you, it will happen to you. If not, it will not.”
11. As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them, and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
12. Elisha was watching and crying, “My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!” And he did not see him again. Then he grabbed his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.
13. He picked up the robe of Elijah that fell from him, and he returned and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
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.”