11 As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire with horses of fire(A) suddenly appeared and separated the two of them. Then Elijah went up into heaven in the whirlwind.(B) 12 As Elisha watched, he kept crying out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”(C) Then he never saw Elijah again. He took hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces.(D)

Elisha Succeeds Elijah

13 Elisha picked up the mantle(E) that had fallen off Elijah and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

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