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And Elijah said to him, "Elisha, please stay here, for Yahweh has sent me to Jericho." But he said, "As Yahweh lives and as your soul lives, I will not forsake you." So they came to Jericho.

Then Elijah said to him, "Please stay here, for Yahweh has sent me to the Jordan." And he said, "As Yahweh lives and as your soul lives, I will not forsake you." So the two of them went on.

And Elijah took his mantle and folded it together and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

And he said, "You have asked a hard thing. Nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so."

So they returned to him while he was staying at Jericho; and he said to them, "Did I not say to you, ‘Do not go'?"

And he said, "Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it." So they brought it to him.

So the waters have been purified to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.

So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom; and they went around on a seven days' journey, and there was no water for the camp or for the cattle that followed them.

And Jehoshaphat said, "The word of Yahweh is with him." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

So now bring me a musician." And it came about, when the musician played, that the hand of Yahweh came upon him.

For thus says Yahweh, ‘You shall not see wind nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you shall drink, both you and your livestock and your cattle.

Then they said, "This is blood; the kings have surely fought together, and they have struck down one another. So now, Moab, to the spoil!"

So they came to the camp of Israel. And the Israelites arose and struck the Moabites. So they fled before them; and they went forward into the land, striking down the Moabites.

Then the king of Moab saw that the battle was too strong for him, so he took with him 700 men who drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.

So he took his oldest son, who was to reign in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering on the wall. And there came great wrath against Israel, and they set out from him and returned to their own land.

So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons; they were bringing the vessels to her and she poured.

Then he said to Gehazi his young man, "Call this Shunammite." So he called her, and she stood before him.

So he said, "What then is to be done for her?" And Gehazi answered, "Truly she has no son, and her husband is old."

And he said, "Call her." So he called her, and she stood in the doorway.

So she went and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. Now it happened that when the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to Gehazi his young man, "Behold, there is the Shunammite.