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And they say unto him, `A man -- hairy, and a girdle of skin girt about his loins;' and he saith, `He `is' Elijah the Tishbite.'

וְאֵז֥וֹר (וְ) ve. “and”

And he sendeth unto him a head of fifty and his fifty, and he goeth up unto him (and lo, he is sitting on the top of the hill), and he speaketh unto him, `O man of God, the king hath spoken, Come down.'

וַחֲמִשָּׁ֑יו (וַ) va. “and”וְהִנֵּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Elijah answereth and speaketh unto the head of the fifty, `And if I `am' a man of God, fire doth come down from the heavens, and consume thee and thy fifty;' and fire cometh down from the heavens, and consumeth him and his fifty.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְתֹאכַ֥ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he turneth and sendeth unto him another head of fifty and his fifty, and he answereth and speaketh unto him, `O man of God, thus said the king, Haste, come down.'

וַחֲמִשָּׁ֑יו (וַ) va. “and”

And Elijah answereth and speaketh unto them, `If I `am' a man of God, fire doth come down from the heavens, and consume thee and thy fifty;' and fire of God cometh down from the heavens, and consumeth him and his fifty.

וְתֹאכַ֥ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he turneth and sendeth a third head of fifty and his fifty, and the third head of fifty goeth up, and cometh in, and boweth on his knees over-against Elijah, and maketh supplication unto him, and speaketh unto him, `O man of God, let be precious, I pray thee, my soul and the soul of thy servants -- these fifty -- in thine eyes.

וַחֲמִשָּׁ֑יו (וַ) va. “and”וְנֶ֨פֶשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Lo, come down hath fire from the heavens, and consumeth the two heads of the former fifties and their fifties; and, now, let my soul be precious in thine eyes.'

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַתָּ֕ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the rest of the matters of Ahaziah that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

וְיֶ֛תֶר (וְ) ve. “and”

And it cometh to pass, at Jehovah's taking up Elijah in a whirlwind to the heavens, that Elijah goeth, and Elisha, from Gilgal,

וֶאֱלִישָׁ֖ע (וֶ) ve. “and”

and Elijah saith unto Elisha, `Abide, I pray thee, here, for Jehovah hath sent me unto Beth-El;' and Elisha saith, `Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, if I leave thee;' and they go down to Beth-El.

וְחֵֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Elijah saith to him, `Elisha, abide, I pray thee, here, for Jehovah hath sent me to Jericho;' and he saith, `Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, if I leave thee;' and they come in to Jericho.

וְחֵֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Elijah saith to him, `Abide, I pray thee, here, for Jehovah hath sent me to the Jordan;' and he saith, `Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, if I leave thee;' and they go on both of them,

וְחֵֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

-- and fifty men of the sons of the prophets have gone on, and stand over-against afar off -- and both of them have stood by the Jordan.

וַחֲמִשִּׁ֨ים (וַ) va. “and”וּשְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

And Elijah taketh his robe, and wrappeth `it' together, and smiteth the waters, and they are halved, hither and thither, and they pass over both of them on dry land.

וָהֵ֑נָּה (וָ) va. “and”

And it cometh to pass, at their passing over, that Elijah hath said unto Elisha, `Ask, what do I do for thee before I am taken from thee?' and Elisha saith, `Then let there be, I pray thee, a double portion of thy spirit unto me;'

וְאֵ֨לִיָּ֜הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽיהִי־ (וִֽ) vi. “and”

and he saith, `Thou hast asked a hard thing; if thou dost see me taken from thee, it is to thee so; and if not, it is not.'

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it cometh to pass, they are going, going on and speaking, and lo, a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and they separate between them both, and Elijah goeth up in a whirlwind, to the heavens.

וְדַבֵּ֔ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְס֣וּסֵי (וְ) ve. “and”

And Elisha is seeing, and he is crying, `My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and its horsemen;' and he hath not seen him again; and he taketh hold on his garments, and rendeth them into two pieces.

וֶאֱלִישָׁ֣ע (וֶ) ve. “and”וְה֤וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וּפָ֣רָשָׁ֔יו (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

and he taketh the robe of Elijah that fell from off him, and smiteth the waters, and saith, `Where `is' Jehovah, God of Elijah -- even He?' and he smiteth the waters, and they are halved, hither and thither, and Elisha passeth over.

וָהֵ֔נָּה (וָ) va. “and”

and say unto him, `Lo, we pray thee, there are with thy servants fifty men, sons of valour: let them go, we pray thee, and they seek thy lord, lest the Spirit of Jehovah hath taken him up, and doth cast him on one of the hills, or into one of the valleys;' and he saith, `Ye do not send.'

וִיבַקְשׁ֣וּ (וִ) vi. “so”

And they press upon him, till he is ashamed, and he saith, `Send ye;' and they send fifty men, and they seek three days, and have not found him;

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

and they turn back unto him -- and he is abiding in Jericho -- and he saith unto them, `Did I not say unto you, Do not go?'

וְה֖וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

And the men of the city say unto Elisha, `Lo, we pray thee, the site of the city `is' good, as my lord seeth, and the waters `are' bad, and the earth sterile.'

וְהַמַּ֥יִם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאָ֥רֶץ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he saith, `Bring to me a new dish, and place there salt;' and they bring `it' unto him,

וְשִׂ֥ימוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

and he goeth out unto the source of the waters, and casteth there salt, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah, I have given healing to these waters; there is not thence any more death and sterility.'

וּמְשַׁכָּֽלֶת׃ (וּ) u. “and”