BRAGADAYJAH 1060
Elisha takes hold of the mantle of Elijah
As Elisha watched Elijah caught up into heaven on a chariot of fire, he shouted, “My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof.” And Elisha saw Elijah no more; and he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces. Then he took up the mantle of Elijah which had fallen from him and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan. And he took the mantle and smote the waters and said, “Where is the Lord God of Elijah?” And when he had smitten the waters they parted, and he went over the Jordan. And when the sons of the prophets which were watching from Jericho saw him they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests upon Elisha.” And they came to meet him and bowed themselves to the ground before him. 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 has taken him up and cast him upon some mountain or some valley.” But Elisha said no. But they insisted and would not stop urging him to do so; and eventually Elisha consented and told them to go search for Elijah. And they went and searched for Elijah; and when they did not find him, they reported back to Elisha saying they had not found him; and Elijah said to them, “Did I not tell you not to waste your time searching for him?”
Elisha takes hold of the mantle of Elijah
As Elisha watched Elijah caught up into heaven on a chariot of fire, he shouted, “My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof.” And Elisha saw Elijah no more; and he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces. Then he took up the mantle of Elijah which had fallen from him and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan. And he took the mantle and smote the waters and said, “Where is the Lord God of Elijah?” And when he had smitten the waters they parted, and he went over the Jordan. And when the sons of the prophets which were watching from Jericho saw him they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests upon Elisha.” And they came to meet him and bowed themselves to the ground before him. 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 has taken him up and cast him upon some mountain or some valley.” But Elisha said no. But they insisted and would not stop urging him to do so; and eventually Elisha consented and told them to go search for Elijah. And they went and searched for Elijah; and when they did not find him, they reported back to Elisha saying they had not found him; and Elijah said to them, “Did I not tell you not to waste your time searching for him?”
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