2 Kings 2:9

2:9 When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “What can I do for you, ¹  before I am taken away from you?” Elisha answered, “May I receive a double portion of the prophetic spirit that energizes you.” ² 

2 Kings 2:16

2:16 They said to him, “Look, there are fifty capable men with your servants. Let them go and look for your master, for the wind sent from the Lord ³  may have carried him away and dropped him on one of the hills or in one of the valleys.” But Elisha ⁴  replied, “Don’t send them out.”

[2:9]  ¹ tn Heb “Ask! What can I do for you….?”

[2:9]  ² tn Heb “May a double portion of your spirit come to me.”

[2:16]  ³ tn Or “the spirit of the Lord.”

[2:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.