2 Kings 2: Elijah Taken Up to Heaven – Inspiring & Moving Audio Bible Reading | The Prophetic Mantle Passed Down, Elijah’s Departure, and Elisha’s Anointing

Experience the inspiring events of 2 Kings 2 with this moving and powerful audio recording. Follow Elijah and Elisha as the former passes down his prophetic mantle to the latter, the chariot of fire that carries Elijah to heaven, and how Elisha receives a double portion of Elijah’s spirit. Perfect for study, reflection, or meditation, immerse yourself in this chapter and let the Scriptures come alive.

2 KINGS 2 (NIV)

1 When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah
and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.

2 Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here;
the Lord has sent me to Bethel.”
But Elisha said, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not
leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

3 The company of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and asked, “Do you
know that the Lord is going to take your master from you today?”
“Yes, I know,” Elisha replied, “so be quiet.”

4 Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here, Elisha; the Lord has sent me to
Jericho.”
And he replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave
you.” So they went to Jericho.

5 The company of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, “Do
you know that the Lord is going to take your master from you today?”
“Yes, I know,” he replied, “so be quiet.”

6 Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here; the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.”
And he replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave
you.” So the two of them walked on.

7 Fifty men from the company of the prophets went and stood at a distance,
facing the place where Elijah and Elisha had stopped at the Jordan.

8 Elijah
took his cloak, rolled it up and struck the water with it. The water divided
to the right and to the left, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

9 When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for
you before I am taken from you?”
“Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.

10 “You have asked a difficult thing,” Elijah said, “yet if you see me when I
am taken from you, it will be yours—otherwise, it will not.”

11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire
and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up
to heaven in a whirlwind.

12 Elisha saw this and cried out, “My father! My
father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And Elisha saw him no more. Then
he took hold of his garment and tore it in two.

13 Elisha then picked up Elijah’s cloak that had fallen from him and went back
and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

14 He took the cloak that had fallen from
Elijah and struck the water with it. “Where now is the Lord, the God of
Elijah?” he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to
the left, and he crossed over.

15 The company of the prophets from Jericho, who were watching, said, “The
spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed to
the ground before him.

16 “Look,” they said, “we your servants have fifty able
men. Let them go and look for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the Lord has
picked him up and set him down on some mountain or in some valley.”
“No,” Elisha replied, “do not send them.”

17 But they persisted until he was too embarrassed to refuse. So he said,
“Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not
find him.

18 When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said
to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”

19 The people of the city said to Elisha, “Look, our lord, this town is well
situated, as you can see, but the water is bad and the land is unproductive.”

20 “Bring me a new bowl,” he said, “and put salt in it.” So they brought it to
him.

21 Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, “This is
what the Lord says: ‘I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death
or make the land unproductive.’”

22 And the water has remained pure to this
day, according to the word Elisha had spoken.

23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some
boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they
said. “Get out of here, baldy!”

24 He turned around, looked at them and called
down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the
woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.

25 And he went on to Mount Carmel and
from there returned to Samaria.