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2 Kings 2:7-9
Good News Translation
2 Kings 2:7-9
Good News Translation
7 and fifty of the prophets followed them to the Jordan. Elijah and Elisha stopped by the river, and the fifty prophets stood a short distance away. 8 Then Elijah took off his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the water with it; the water divided, and he and Elisha crossed to the other side on dry ground. 9 (A)There, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me what you want me to do for you before I am taken away.”
“Let me receive the share of your power that will make me your successor,”[a] Elisha answered.
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- 2 Kings 2:9 Elisha asked for the share that the first-born son inherited by law from his father (see Dt 21.17).
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