The Spirit of Elijah Rests on Elisha

Elijah said to Elisha, ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you. When they had crossed, Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces. He then took the coat of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the water. And when he had struck the water, the water was parted to the one side and to the other. The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho saw him over against them,. They came to meet him and bowed to the ground before him. It may be that the spirit of the Lord has caught him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some