Fifty men from the group of prophets also went and watched them from a distance as Elijah and Elisha stopped beside the Jordan River. Then Elijah folded his cloak together and struck the water with it. The river divided and the two of them went across on dry ground!
When they came to the other side, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me what I can do for you before I am taken away.”
And Elisha replied, “Please let me inherit a double share of your spirit and become your successor.”
“You have asked a difficult thing,” Elijah replied. “If you see me when I am taken from you, then you will get your request. But if not, you won’t.”
As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a chariot of fire appeared, dray by horses of fire. It drove between the two men, separating them, and Elijah was carried by a whirlwind into heaven. Elisha saw it and cried out, “My father! My father!I see the chariots and the charioteers of Israel!” As they disappeared from sight, Elisha tore his clothes in distress.
Elisha picked up Elijah’t cloak, which had fallen when he was taken up. Then Elisha returned to the bank of the Jordan Rover. He struck the water with Elijah’s cloak and cried, “Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” Then the river divided, and Elisha went across. (vv. 7-14, NLT)