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Then Elijah said to him, “Please stay here, because Yahweh has sent me to the Jordan.” He said, “As Yahweh lives[a] and as your soul lives,[b] I will certainly not leave you!” So the two of them went on. Then fifty men from the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite them at a distance while the two of them stood by the Jordan. Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the water. It divided in two,[c] and the two of them crossed over on dry land.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 2:6 Literally “The life of Yahweh”
  2. 2 Kings 2:6 Literally “life of your soul”
  3. 2 Kings 2:8 Literally “here and here”