Elisha Assumes the Prophetic Mantle

2 Kings 2:13-18

And he took up the mantle of Elias, that fell from him: and going back, he stood on the bank of the Jordan;

And he struck the waters with the mantle of Elias, that had fallen from him, and they were not divided. And he said: Where is now the God of Elias? And he struck the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, and Eliseus passed over.

And the sons of the prophets, at Jericho, who were over against him, seeing it, said: The spirit of Elias hath rested upon Eliseus. And coming to meet him, they worshipped him, falling to the ground.

And they said to him: Behold, there are with thy servants, fifty strong men, that can go, and seek thy master, lest, perhaps, the spirit of the Lord, hath taken him up and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said: Do not send.

But they pressed him, till he consented, and said: Send. And they sent fifty men: and they sought three days, but found him not.

And they came back to him: for he abode at Jericho, and he said to them: Did I not say to you? Do not send.

Elisha Assumes the Prophetic Mantle

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