13. Elisha picked up Elijah’s cloak, which had fallen when he was taken up. Then Elisha returned to the bank of the Jordan River.
14. He struck the water with Elijah’s cloak and cried out, “Where is the lord, the God of Elijah?” Then the river divided, and Elisha went across.
15. When the group of prophets from Jericho saw from a distance what happened, they exclaimed, “Elijah’s spirit rests upon Elisha!” And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.
16. “Sir,” they said, “just say the word and fifty of our strongest men will search the wilderness for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the lord has left him on some mountain or in some valley.”“No,” Elisha said, “don’t send them.”
17. But they kept urging him until they shamed him into agreeing, and he finally said, “All right, send them.” So fifty men searched for three days but did not find Elijah.