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2 Kings 2:13

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He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;

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KJV King James Version

He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Elisha also picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah, and he went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

WEB World English Bible

He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.

ASV American Standard Version

He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And he taketh up the robe of Elijah, that fell from off him, and turneth back and standeth on the edge of the Jordan,

Surrounding context — 2 Kings 2

10 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].

11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

12 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.

13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;

14 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.

15 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.

16 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.

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