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Elijah Taken Up to Heaven

2 Kings 2:13

In 11 translations

BSB
Elisha also picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah, and he went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
KJV
He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;bank: Heb. lip
WEB
He also took up Elijah’s mantle that fell from him, and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan.
ASV
He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.
LSV
And he takes up the robe of Elijah that fell from off him, and turns back and stands on the edge of the Jordan,
YLT
And he taketh up the robe of Elijah, that fell from off him, and turneth back and standeth on the edge of the Jordan,
DBY
And he took up the mantle of Elijah which fell from him, and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan;
DRC
And he took up the mantle of Elias, that fell from him: and going back, he stood upon the bank of the Jordan,
GNV
He tooke vp also the cloke of Eliiah that fell from him, and returned, and stoode by the banke of Iorden.
JPS
He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.
LXXE
And Elisaie took up the mantle of Eliu, which fell from off him upon Elisaie; and Elisaie returned, and stood upon the brink of Jordan;

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּ֨רֶם֙ אֶת־אַדֶּ֣רֶת אֵלִיָּ֔הוּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָפְלָ֖ה מֵעָלָ֑יו וַיָּ֥שָׁב וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖ד עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ὕψωσε τὴν μηλωτὴν Ἠλιοὺ, ἣ ἔπεσεν ἐπάνωθεν Ἑλισαιέ· καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν Ἑλισαιὲ, καὶ ἔστη ἐπὶ τοῦ χείλους τοῦ Ἰορδάνου,

Who and where

👤 Elijah📍 Jordan◆ Prophecies of Elijah◆ Elijah Translated

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Kings 19:19So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.
  • 2 Kings 2:8And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
  • 1 Kings 9:26King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.

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