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2 Kings 2

8 Eliiáh deuideth the waters with his cloke. 11 He is taken vp into heauen. 13 Eliſhá taketh his cloke & deuideth Iordén. 20 The bitter and venemous waters are healed. 23 The children that mocke Eliſhá, are rent in pieces with beares.
1.ANd when the Lord wolde take vp Eliiáh into heauẽ by a whirle wind, Eliiáh went with Eliſhá from Gilgál.
2.Then Eliiáh ſaid to Eliſhá, Tary here, I pray thee: for the Lord hathe ſent me to Beth-él. But Eliſhá ſaid, As the Lord liueth, & as thy ſoule liueth, I wil not leaue thee. So they came downe to Beth-él.
3.And And the children of the Prophetes that were at Beth-él, came out to Eliſhá, and ſaid vnto him, Knoweſt thou that ye Lord wil take thy maſter from thine head this day? And he ſaid, Yea, I knowe it: holde ye your peace.
4.Againe Eliiáh ſaid vnto him, Eliſhá, tary here, I pray thee: for the Lord hathe ſent me to Ierichó. But he ſaid, As ye Lord liueth, and as thy ſoule liueth, I wil not leaue thee. So thei came to Ierichó.
5.And the children of the Prophetes that were at Ierichó, came to Eliſhá, & ſaid vnto him, Knoweſt thou, that the Lord wil take thy maſter from thine head this day? And he ſaid, Yea, I knowe it: holde ye your peace.
6.Moreouer Eliiáh ſaid vnto him, Tary, I pray thee, here: for the Lord hathe ſent me to Iordén. But he ſaid, As the Lord liueth, & as thy ſoule liueth, I wil not leaue thee. So they went bothe together.
7.And fiftie men of the ſonnes of the Prophetes went and ſtode on the other ſide afarre of, and thei two ſtode by Iordén.
8.¶ Then Eliiáh toke his cloke, and wrapt it together, and ſmote the waters, and they were deuided hether and thether, & thei twaine went ouer on the drye land.
9.Now when thei were paſſed ouer, Eliiáh ſaid vnto Eliſhá, Aſke what I ſhal do for thee before I be taken from thee. And Eliſhá ſaid, I pray thee, Let thy Spirit be double vpon me.
10.And he ſaid, Thou haſt aſked an hard thing: yet if thou ſe me when I am taken from thee, thou ſhalt haue it ſo: & if not, it ſhal not be.
11.And as thei went walking and talking, beholde, there appeared a charet of fyre, and horſes of fyre, and did ſeparate them twaine. So Eliiáh went vp by a whyrlewinde into heauen.
12.And Eliſhá ſawe it, and he cryed, My father, my father, the charet of Iſraél, and the horſemen thereof: & he ſawe him no more: and he toke his owne clothes, & rent them in two pieces.
13.¶ He toke vp alſo the cloke of Eliiáh that fel from him, and returned, and ſtode by the banke of Iordén.
14.After, he toke the cloke of Eliiáh, that fel from him, and ſmote the waters, and ſaid, Where is the Lord God of Eliiáh, and he him ſelfe? Againe alſo he ſmote the waters, and thei were ſeparated this waye and that waye: and Eliſhá went ouer.
15.And when the children of the Prophetes, which were at Ierichó, ſawe him on the other ſide, they ſaid, The Spirit of Eliiáh doeth reſt on Eliſhá: and they came to mete him, & fel to the grounde before him,
16.And ſaid vnto him, Beholde now, there be with thy ſeruants fiftie ſtrong men: let them go, we pray thee, and ſeke thy maſter, if ſo be the Spirit of the Lord hathe taken him vp, and caſt him vpon ſome mountaine, or into ſome valley. But he ſaid, Ye ſhal not ſend.
17.Yet they were inſtant vpon him, til he was aſhamed: wherefore he ſaid, Send. So thei ſent fiftie mẽ, which ſoght thre daies, but founde him not.
18.Therefore thei returned to him, (for he taryed at Ierichó ) and he ſaid vnto them, Did not I ſay vnto you, Go not?
19.¶ And the men of the citie ſaid vnto Eliſhá, Beholde, we pray thee: the ſituacion of this citie is pleaſant, as thou, my lord, ſeeſt, but the water is noght, & the groũde baren.
20.Then he ſaid, Bring me a newe cruſe, & put ſalt therein. And they broght it to him.
21.And he went vnto the ſpring of the waters, and caſt there the ſalt, and ſaid, Thus ſaith the Lord, I haue healed this water: death ſhal no more come thereof, nether barennes to the grounde.
22.So the waters were healed vntil this day, according to ye worde of Eliſhá which he had ſpoken.
23.¶ And he wẽt vp from thẽce vnto Beth-él. And as he was going vp the waye, litle children came out of the citie, and mocked him, and ſaid vnto him, Come vp, thou balde head, come vp, thou balde head.
24.And he turned backe & loked on them, and curſed them in the Name of the Lord. And two beares came out of the foreſt, and tare in pieces two and fourtie children of them.
25.So he went from thence to mount Carmél, and from thence he returned to Samaria.

Notes

1:a.
Which was ye place where the childrẽ of Iſraél were cir cumciſed after they came ouer Iordén & had bene fourtie yeres in ye wildernes, as Ioſh 5.9.
3:b.
So called becauſe they are begotten as it were anewe by the heauenlie doctrine.
3:c.
That is, frõ being any more thine head: for to be as ye head, is to be the maſter, as to be at the fete, is to be a ſcholer
3:d.
For ye Lord had reueiled it vnto him
5:e.
Not onely at Beth-él, but at Ierichó and other places were there Prophetes, wc had ſcholers, whome they inſtructed and broght vp in ye true feare of God.
8:f.
To wit, of Iordén.
9:g.
Let thy Spirit haue double force in me, becauſe of theſe dãgerous times: or let me haue twiſe ſo muche as ye reſt of the Prophetes: or thy ſpirit beĩg deuided into thre partes, let me haue two
11:*.
Eccleſ 48,13. 1 mac 2,58.
11:h.
Thus God hathe left a teſtimonie in all ages bothe before the Lawe, in the Lawe, & in the time of the Goſpel of ye reſurrectiõ
15:i.
The Spirit of prophecie is giuen to him, as it was to Eliiáh.
16:k.
Meaning, Eliiáh: for they thoght his bodie had bene caſt in ſome mountaine
16:l.
Becauſe the fact was extraordinarie, thei douted where he was become, but Eliſhá was aſſured yt he was taken vp to God.
19:".
Or, killeth the inhabitants.
21:m.
Thus God gaue him power, to do cõtrary to nature, to make that water profitable for mãs vſe, wc before was hurtful.
24:n.
Perceiuing their malicious heart againſt the Lord and his worde, he deſireth God to take vengeance of that iniurie done vnto him.