2 Kings 2:9-11

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  2:10 Elijah ³  replied, “That’s a difficult request! ⁴  If you see me taken from you, may it be so, but if you don’t, it will not happen.”

2:11 As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a fiery chariot ⁵  pulled by fiery horses appeared. ⁶  They went between Elijah and Elisha, ⁷  and Elijah went up to heaven in a windstorm.

[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.”

[2:10]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “You have made difficult [your] request.”

[2:11]  ⁵ tn Though the noun is singular here, it may be collective, in which case it could be translated “chariots.”

[2:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “look, a chariot of fire and horses of fire.”

[2:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “and they made a division between the two of them.”