2:6-8
Elijah is now sent to the Jordan. Again he fails to shake off Elisha. Previously the fire had demonstrated that Elijah was a man of God, now Elijah takes his cloak and divides the water with it, reminiscent of Moses and the Red Sea. So Elijah and Elisha crossed on dry land.
2:9
Elijah then asks Elisha “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?” This is maybe a test for Elisha, Elisha answers well asking for a “double portion of your spirit”, i.e. he asks for more of the anointing from God that Elijah has, Elisha knows what was truly important.
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