(NIV)
Also, anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet.
And
Jehu the
son of
Nimshi you shall
anoint to be
king over Israel, and
Elisha the
son of
Shaphat of
Abel-meholah you shall
anoint to be
prophet in your
place.
(NIV)
Jehu will put to death any who escape the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death any who escape the sword of Jehu.
And the one who
escapes from the
sword of
Hazael shall
Jehu put to death, and the one who
escapes from the
sword of
Jehu shall
Elisha put to death.
(NIV)
So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak around him.
So he
departed from there and
found Elisha the
son of
Shaphat, who was
plowing with
twelve yoke of oxen in
front of him, and he was with the
twelfth.
Elijah passed by him and
cast his
cloak upon him.
(NIV)
Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. ‘Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,’ he said, ‘and then I will come with you.’
‘Go back,’ Elijah replied. ‘What have I done to you?’
And he
left the
oxen and
ran after Elijah and
said,
“Let me
kiss my
father and my
mother, and then I will
follow you.” And he
said to him, “Go
back again,
for what have I
done to you?”
(NIV)
So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen and slaughtered them. He burned the ploughing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow Elijah and became his servant.
And he
returned from following him and
took the
yoke of
oxen and
sacrificed them and
boiled their
flesh with the
yokes of the
oxen and
gave it to the
people, and they
ate. Then he
arose and
went after Elijah and
assisted him.
(NIV)
When the
Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.
Now when the
Lord was about to
take Elijah up to
heaven by a
whirlwind,
Elijah and
Elisha were on their way
from Gilgal.
(NIV)
Elijah said to Elisha, ‘Stay here; the
Lord has sent me to Bethel.’
But Elisha said, ‘As surely as the
Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.’ So they went down to Bethel.
And
Elijah said to
Elisha,
“
Please stay here,
for the
Lord has
sent me as
far as Bethel.” But
Elisha said,
“As the
Lord lives, and as you
yourself live, I will
not leave you.” So they
went down to
Bethel.
(NIV)
The company of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and asked, ‘Do you know that the
Lord is going to take your master from you today?’
‘Yes, I know,’ Elisha replied, ‘so be quiet.’
And the
sons of the
prophets who were in
Bethel came out to
Elisha and
said to him, “Do you
know that today the
Lord will take
away your
master from over you?” And he
said, “
Yes, I
know it;
keep quiet.”
(NIV)
Then Elijah said to him, ‘Stay here, Elisha; the
Lord has sent me to Jericho.’
And he replied, ‘As surely as the
Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.’ So they went to Jericho.
Elijah said to him, “
Elisha,
please stay here,
for the
Lord has
sent me to
Jericho.” But he
said,
“As the
Lord lives, and as you
yourself live, I will
not leave you.” So they
came to
Jericho.
(NIV)
The company of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, ‘Do you know that the
Lord is going to take your master from you today?’
‘Yes, I know,’ he replied, ‘so be quiet.’
The
sons of the
prophets who were at
Jericho drew
near to
Elisha and
said to him, “Do you
know that today the
Lord will take
away your
master from over you?” And he
answered, “
Yes, I
know it;
keep quiet.”
(NIV)
Fifty men from the company of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing the place where Elijah and Elisha had stopped at the Jordan.
Fifty men of the
sons of the
prophets also
went and
stood at some
distance from them, as they
both were
standing by the
Jordan.
(NIV)
When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, ‘Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?’
‘Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,’ Elisha replied.
When they had
crossed,
Elijah said to
Elisha, “
Ask what I shall
do for you,
before I am
taken from you.” And
Elisha said, “
Please let there be a
double portion of your
spirit on me.”
(NIV)
Elisha saw this and cried out, ‘My father! My father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!’ And Elisha saw him no more. Then he took hold of his garment and tore it in two.
And
Elisha saw it and he
cried, “My
father, my
father!
The
chariots of
Israel and its
horsemen!” And he
saw him
no more.
Then he took
hold of his own
clothes and
tore them in
two pieces.
(NIV)
Elisha then picked up Elijah’s cloak that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
And he
took up the
cloak of
Elijah that had
fallen from him and went
back and
stood on the
bank of the
Jordan.
(NIV)
He took the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and struck the water with it. ‘Where now is the
Lord, the God of Elijah?’ he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over.
Then he
took the
cloak of
Elijah that had
fallen from him and
struck the
water,
saying, “
Where is the
Lord, the
God of
Elijah?”
And when he had
struck the
water,
the water was
parted to the
one side and to the
other, and
Elisha went over.
(NIV)
The company of the prophets from Jericho, who were watching, said, ‘The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha.’ And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.
Now when the
sons of the
prophets who were at
Jericho saw him
opposite them, they
said, “The
spirit of
Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they
came to
meet him and
bowed to the
ground before him.
(NIV)
‘Look,’ they said, ‘we your servants have fifty able men. Let them go and look for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the
Lord has picked him up and set him down on some mountain or in some valley.’
‘No,’ Elisha replied, ‘do not send them.’
And they
said to him, “
Behold now, there
are with your
servants fifty strong men.
Please let them
go and
seek your
master. It may be
that the
Spirit of the
Lord has
caught him up and
cast him
upon some mountain or into
some valley.” And he
said, “You shall
not send.”
(NIV)
When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, ‘Didn’t I tell you not to go?’
And they came
back to him while he was
staying at
Jericho, and he
said to them, “Did I
not say to you, ‘Do
not go’?”
(NIV)
The people of the city said to Elisha, ‘Look, our lord, this town is well situated, as you can see, but the water is bad and the land is unproductive.’
Now the
men of the
city said to
Elisha, “
Behold, the
situation of this
city is
pleasant,
as my
lord sees, but the
water is
bad, and the
land is
unfruitful.”
(NIV)
And the water has remained pure to this day, according to the word Elisha had spoken.
So the
water has been
healed to this day, according to the
word that Elisha spoke.
(NIV)
From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. ‘Get out of here, baldy!’ they said. ‘Get out of here, baldy!’
He
went up from there to
Bethel, and while he was going
up on the
way, some
small boys came out of the
city and
jeered at him,
saying, “Go
up, you
baldhead!
Go up, you
baldhead!”
(NIV)
But Jehoshaphat asked, ‘Is there no prophet of the
Lord here, through whom we may enquire of the
Lord?’
An officer of the king of Israel answered, ‘Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.’
And
Jehoshaphat said, “Is there
no prophet of the
Lord here, through whom we may
inquire of the
Lord?” Then
one of the
king of
Israel’s servants answered,
“
Elisha the
son of
Shaphat is
here,
who poured water on the
hands of
Elijah.”
(NIV)
Elisha said to the king of Israel, ‘Why do you want to involve me? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother.’
‘No,’ the king of Israel answered, ‘because it was the
Lord who called us three kings together to deliver us into the hands of Moab.’
And
Elisha said to the
king of
Israel,
“
What have I to do with you?
Go to the
prophets of your
father and to the
prophets of your
mother.” But the
king of
Israel said to him, “
No; it is the
Lord who has
called these three kings to
give them into the
hand of
Moab.”
(NIV)
Elisha said, ‘As surely as the
Lord Almighty lives, whom I serve, if I did not have respect for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not pay any attention to you.
And
Elisha said,
“As the
Lord of
hosts lives,
before whom I
stand, were it
not that I have
regard for Jehoshaphat the
king of
Judah, I would
neither look at you
nor see you.
(NIV)
But now bring me a harpist.’
While the harpist was playing, the hand of the
Lord came on Elisha
But
now bring me a
musician.” And when the
musician played,
the
hand of the
Lord came
upon him.
(NIV)
The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, ‘Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the
Lord. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.’
Now the
wife of
one of the
sons of the
prophets cried to
Elisha, “Your
servant my
husband is
dead, and you
know that your
servant feared the
Lord,
but the
creditor has
come to
take my
two children to be his
slaves.”
(NIV)
Elisha replied to her, ‘How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?’
‘Your servant has nothing there at all,’ she said, ‘except a small jar of olive oil.’
And
Elisha said to her, “
What shall I
do for you?
Tell me;
what have you in the
house?” And she
said, “Your
servant has
nothing in the
house except a
jar of
oil.”
(NIV)
Elisha said, ‘Go round and ask all your neighbours for empty jars. Don’t ask for just a few.
Then he
said, “
Go outside,
borrow vessels from all your
neighbors,
empty vessels and
not too
few.
(NIV)
One day Elisha went to Shunem. And a well-to-do woman was there, who urged him to stay for a meal. So whenever he passed by, he stopped there to eat.
One
day Elisha went on to Shunem,
where a
wealthy woman lived, who
urged him to
eat some
food. So
whenever he
passed that way, he would
turn in
there to
eat food.
(NIV)
One day when Elisha came, he went up to his room and lay down there.
One
day he
came there, and he
turned into the
chamber and
rested there.
(NIV)
Elisha said to him, ‘Tell her, “You have gone to all this trouble for us. Now what can be done for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?”’
She replied, ‘I have a home among my own people.’
And he
said to him, “
Say now to her, ‘
See, you have
taken all this
trouble for us;
what is to be
done for you?
Would you have a word
spoken on your behalf to the
king or to the
commander of the
army?’” She
answered, “I
dwell among my own
people.”
(NIV)
‘What can be done for her?’ Elisha asked.
Gehazi said, ‘She has no son, and her husband is old.’
And he
said, “
What then is to be
done for her?”
Gehazi answered, “
Well, she has no
son, and her
husband is
old.”
(NIV)
Then Elisha said, ‘Call her.’ So he called her, and she stood in the doorway.
He
said, “
Call her.” And when he had
called her, she
stood in the
doorway.
(NIV)
‘About this time next year,’ Elisha said, ‘you will hold a son in your arms.’
‘No, my lord!’ she objected. ‘Please, man of God, don’t mislead your servant!’
And he
said, “At
this season,
about this
time next year, you shall
embrace a
son.” And she
said, “
No, my
lord,
O
man of
God;
do
not lie to your
servant.”
(NIV)
But the woman became pregnant, and the next year about that same time she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
But the
woman conceived, and she
bore a
son about
that time the
following spring, as
Elisha had
said to her.
(NIV)
Elisha said to Gehazi, ‘Tuck your cloak into your belt, take my staff in your hand and run. Don’t greet anyone you meet, and if anyone greets you, do not answer. Lay my staff on the boy’s face.’
He
said to
Gehazi,
“Tie
up your
garment and
take my
staff in your
hand and
go.
If you
meet anyone,
do
not greet him, and
if anyone greets you, do
not reply. And
lay my
staff on the
face of the
child.”
(NIV)
Gehazi went on ahead and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So Gehazi went back to meet Elisha and told him, ‘The boy has not awakened.’
Gehazi went on ahead and
laid the
staff on the
face of the
child, but there was
no sound or sign of
life. Therefore he
returned to
meet him and
told him, “The
child has
not awakened.”
(NIV)
When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his couch.
When
Elisha came
into the
house, he
saw the
child lying dead on his
bed.
(NIV)
Elisha turned away and walked back and forth in the room and then got onto the bed and stretched out on him once more. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.
Then he got up
again and
walked once back and
forth in the
house, and
went up and
stretched himself
upon him. The
child sneezed seven times, and the
child opened his
eyes.
(NIV)
Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, ‘Call the Shunammite.’ And he did. When she came, he said, ‘Take your son.’
Then he
summoned Gehazi and
said, “
Call this Shunammite.” So he
called her. And when she
came to him, he
said, “Pick
up your
son.”
(NIV)
Elisha returned to Gilgal and there was a famine in that region. While the company of the prophets was meeting with him, he said to his servant, ‘Put on the large pot and cook some stew for these prophets.’
And
Elisha came
again to
Gilgal when there was a
famine in the
land. And as the
sons of the
prophets were
sitting before him, he
said to his
servant,
“
Set on the
large pot, and
boil stew for the
sons of the
prophets.”
(NIV)
Elisha said, ‘Get some flour.’ He put it into the pot and said, ‘Serve it to the people to eat.’ And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
He
said, “Then
bring flour.” And he
threw it into the
pot and
said, “Pour some
out for the
men, that they may
eat.” And there was
no harm in the
pot.
(NIV)
A man came from Baal Shalishah, bringing the man of God twenty loaves of barley bread baked from the first ripe corn, along with some ears of new corn. ‘Give it to the people to eat,’ Elisha said.
A
man came from Baal-shalishah,
bringing the
man of
God bread of the
firstfruits,
twenty loaves of
barley and fresh ears of
grain in his
sack. And Elisha
said,
“
Give to the
men, that they may
eat.”
(NIV)
‘How can I set this before a hundred men?’ his servant asked.
But Elisha answered, ‘Give it to the people to eat. For this is what the
Lord says: “They will eat and have some left over.”’
But his
servant said, “
How can I
set this before a
hundred men?” So he
repeated, “
Give them to the
men, that they may
eat,
for thus says the
Lord, ‘They shall
eat and have some
left.’”
(NIV)
When Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his robes, he sent him this message: ‘Why have you torn your robes? Make the man come to me and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.’
But when
Elisha the
man of
God heard that the
king of
Israel had
torn his
clothes, he
sent to the
king,
saying, “
Why have you
torn your
clothes? Let him
come now to me, that he may
know that there
is a
prophet in
Israel.”
(NIV)
So Naaman went with his horses and chariots and stopped at the door of Elisha’s house.
So
Naaman came with his
horses and
chariots and
stood at the
door of
Elisha’s house.
(NIV)
Elisha sent a messenger to say to him, ‘Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed.’
And
Elisha sent a
messenger to him,
saying,
“
Go and
wash in the
Jordan seven times, and your
flesh shall be
restored, and you shall be
clean.”
(NIV)
‘Go in peace,’ Elisha said.
After Naaman had travelled some distance,
He
said to him, “
Go in
peace.”
But when Naaman had
gone from him a
short distance,
(NIV)
Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said to himself, ‘My master was too easy on Naaman, this Aramean, by not accepting from him what he brought. As surely as the
Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.’
Gehazi, the
servant of
Elisha the
man of
God,
said, “
See, my
master has
spared this Naaman the
Syrian, in
not accepting from his
hand what he
brought.
As the
Lord lives, I will
run after him and
get something from him.”
(NIV)
When he went in and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, ‘Where have you been, Gehazi?’
‘Your servant didn’t go anywhere,’ Gehazi answered.
He
went in and
stood before his
master, and
Elisha said to him, “
Where have you been,
Gehazi?” And he
said, “Your
servant went nowhere.”
(NIV)
But Elisha said to him, ‘Was not my spirit with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to take money or to accept clothes – or olive groves and vineyards, or flocks and herds, or male and female slaves?
But he
said to him, “Did
not my
heart go when the
man turned from his
chariot to
meet you? Was it a
time to
accept money and garments,
olive orchards and
vineyards,
sheep and
oxen, male
servants and
female servants?
(NIV)
Naaman’s leprosy will cling to you and to your descendants for ever.’ Then Gehazi went from Elisha’s presence and his skin was leprous – it had become as white as snow.
Therefore the
leprosy of
Naaman shall
cling to you and to your
descendants forever.” So he
went out from his
presence a
leper, like
snow.
(NIV)
The company of the prophets said to Elisha, ‘Look, the place where we meet with you is too small for us.
Now the
sons of the
prophets said to Elisha, “
See, the
place where we
dwell under your charge is too
small for us.
(NIV)
Then one of them said, ‘Won’t you please come with your servants?’
‘I will,’ Elisha replied.
Then
one of them
said, “Be
pleased to
go with your
servants.” And he
answered, “I will
go.”
(NIV)
The man of God asked, ‘Where did it fall?’ When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it there, and made the iron float.
Then the
man of
God said, “
Where did it
fall?” When he
showed him the
place,
he
cut off a
stick and
threw it in
there and made the
iron float.
(NIV)
So the king of Israel checked on the place indicated by the man of God. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.
And the
king of
Israel sent to the
place about
which the
man of
God told him. Thus he used to
warn him, so that he
saved himself there more than
once or twice.
(NIV)
‘None of us, my lord the king,’ said one of his officers, ‘but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.’
And
one of his
servants said, “
None, my
lord, O
king; but
Elisha, the
prophet who is in
Israel,
tells the
king of
Israel the
words that you
speak in your
bedroom.”
(NIV)
And Elisha prayed, ‘Open his eyes,
Lord, so that he may see.’ Then the
Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all round Elisha.
Then
Elisha prayed and
said, “O
Lord,
please open his
eyes that he may
see.” So the
Lord opened the
eyes of the
young man, and he
saw, and
behold, the
mountain was
full of
horses and
chariots of
fire all
around Elisha.
(NIV)
As the enemy came down towards him, Elisha prayed to the
Lord, ‘Strike this army with blindness.’ So he struck them with blindness, as Elisha had asked.
And when the Syrians
came down against him,
Elisha prayed to the
Lord and
said, “
Please strike this people with
blindness.” So he
struck them with
blindness in accordance with the
prayer of
Elisha.
(NIV)
Elisha told them, ‘This is not the road and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you are looking for.’ And he led them to Samaria.
And
Elisha said to them, “
This is
not the
way, and
this is
not the
city.
Follow me, and I will
bring you to the
man whom you
seek.” And he
led them to
Samaria.
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