The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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2 Kings 2:4 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here, Elisha; the Lord has sent me to Jericho.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]And he replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.[/FONT]

 

[willfollowsGod]

2 Kings 2:5
New International Version (NIV)

The company of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, “Do you know that the LORD is going to take your master from you today?”

 

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2 Kings 2:6 (NIV)

​[FONT=&quot]Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here;[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Lord[/FONT][FONT=&quot] has sent me to the Jordan.”[/FONT][FONT=&quot]And he replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them walked on.[/FONT]

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

2 Kings 2:7 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]Fifty men from the company of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing the place where Elijah and Elisha had stopped at the Jordan.[/FONT]

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

2 Kings 2:8 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]Elijah took his cloak,[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] rolled it up and struck[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] the water with it. The water divided[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] to the right and to the left, and the two of them crossed over on dry[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] ground.[/FONT]

 

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2 Kings 2:9 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.[/FONT]

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Kings 2:5
New International Version (NIV)

The company of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, “Do you know that the LORD is going to take your master from you today?”

Should be...

2 Kings 2:5 (NIV)
The company of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, "Do you know that the LORD is going to take your master from you today?" "Yes, I know," he replied, "so be quiet."

2 Kings 2:10 (KJV)
The company of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, "Do you know that the LORD is going to take your master from you today?" "Yes, I know," he replied, "so be quiet."

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Should be...

2 Kings 2:5 (NIV)
The company of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, "Do you know that the LORD is going to take your master from you today?" "Yes, I know," he replied, "so be quiet."

2 Kings 2:10 (KJV)
The company of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, "Do you know that the LORD is going to take your master from you today?" "Yes, I know," he replied, "so be quiet."

should be...

2 Kings 2:10 (KJV)
And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.

 

[Shamah]

2 Kings 2:11, "And it came to be, as they continued on and spoke, that see, a chariot of fire with horses of fire which separated the two of them. And Ěliyahu went up by a whirlwind into the heavens."

 

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2 Kings 2:12 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]Elisha saw this and cried out, “My father! My father! The chariots[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] and horsemen of Israel!” And Elisha saw him no more. Then he took hold of his garment and tore[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] it in two.

Talk about a happy prophet: He got to see Elijah depart. [/FONT][FONT=Helvetica Neue, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Hallelujah![/FONT]

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

2 Kings 2:13 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]Elisha then picked up Elijah’s cloak that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.[/FONT]

 

[willfollowsGod]

Should be...

2 Kings 2:5 (NIV)
The company of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, "Do you know that the LORD is going to take your master from you today?" "Yes, I know," he replied, "so be quiet."

2 Kings 2:10 (KJV)
The company of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, "Do you know that the LORD is going to take your master from you today?" "Yes, I know," he replied, "so be quiet."

Oops, meant not to forget that line. I guess I thought it was the next verse. My bad.

 

[willfollowsGod]

2 Kings 2:14
New International Version (NIV)

He took the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and struck the water with it. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over.

 

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2 Kings 2:15 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]The company of the prophets from Jericho, who were watching, said, “The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]

Anyone notice that Elijah seemed to challenge God: If I be a man of God let fire come down out of heaven and consume this troop. Now Elisha does the same thing: Now where is this God of Elijah.

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[Lucy-Pevensie]

2 Kings 2:16 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]“Look,” they said, “we your servants have fifty able men. Let them go and look for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the Lord has picked him up and set him down on some mountain or in some valley.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“No,” Elisha replied, “do not send them.”[/FONT]

 

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2 Kings 2:17 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]But they persisted until he was too embarrassed[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] to refuse. So he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find him.[/FONT]

 

[slave]

[h=1](2 Kings 2:18): ...New American Standard Bible (NASB)[/h]18 They returned to him while he was staying at Jericho; and he said to them, “Did I not say to you, ‘Do not go’?”

 

[slave]

[FONT=&quot][h=1](2 Kings 2:19): ...English Standard Version (ESV)[/h]19 Now the men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees, but the water is bad, and the land is unfruitful.”


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[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

2 Kings 2:20 (HCSB)
He replied, "Bring me a new bowl and put salt in it." After they had brought him one,

 

[slave]

(2 Kings 2:21): ...New King James Version (NKJV)

21 Then he went out to the source of the water, and cast in the salt there, and said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘I have healed this water; from it there shall be no more death or barrenness.’”