9. After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me what I can do for you before I am taken from you.”So Elisha answered, “Please, let me inherit two shares of your spirit.”
10. Elijah replied, “You have asked for something difficult. If you see me being taken from you, you will have it. If not, you won’t.”
11. As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire with horses of fire suddenly appeared and separated the two of them. Then Elijah went up into heaven in the whirlwind.
12. As Elisha watched, he kept crying out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel! ” Then he never saw Elijah again. He took hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces.
13. Elisha picked up the mantle that had fallen off Elijah and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
14. Then he took the mantle Elijah had dropped and struck the waters. “Where is the Lord God of Elijah? ” he asked. He struck the waters himself, and they parted to the right and the left, and Elisha crossed over.
15. When the sons of the prophets from Jericho who were facing him saw him, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” They came to meet him and bowed down to the ground in front of him.
16. Then the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Since there are 50 strong men here with your servants, please let them go and search for your master. Maybe the Spirit of the Lord has carried him away and put him on one of the mountains or into one of the valleys.” He answered, “Don’t send them.”