II Kings - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 377

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1——-14 THE MONARCHICAL PERIOD.—··II. KINGS. 2--17 of GOD! let my life and the lives of . ` » these servants of yours be precious

14 in your sight! For fire came down from the skies and consumed the two Captains and their compauies,—but now let my life be precious in your Qilinb mmmmxhch from H12 ®bzr· 16 18 liking in wait the lting. Then the Messenger of the EVER-

Go down with him :- fear not for his presence. So he arose, and descended with

him to the king, and said to him, ‘ Thus asks the EVER-·L1v1NG, ‘ Why have you sent messengers to inquire of Bal··zebub, the god of Akron? Is it because there is no GOD in Israel to ask for His decision? Therefore from the bed upon which you are laid you shall not'descend,—-—f0r you And he did die accord- ing to the word of Eliah, and jhoram his brother began to reign in his place in the second year of ]horam—ben- jhoshafat king of ]udah, for he had not a son. As for the other things that Akha-

ziah did, they are written in the history of events of the period of the kings of Israel. (ac. 896.) Ei): @2:1iI; uf ®1i¤ly. 2 When the Evsa-Lxvmo was about to take up Eliah in a tempest to the Heavens, Eliah and Alisha were tra- velling in Gilgal, and Eliah said to Go back, now, from here, for the EvER—L1v1NG will send me to By the life

of the EVER-Livmc, and by your So they descended to Bethel. When at Bethel, some Preachers

Do you know that the EVER-LIVING will take your master from your head? ’ I know it! Be Turn

back, I pray, here,——for the EvER~ L1v1NG has sent me to jeriko. By the life of the

Evs1t~L1vmG, and by the life of your So they went on to jeriko, where the Preachers who were in jeriko approached to Do you know IO It also know it. Return,

I beg, here, for the Even-Livmc has sent me to the jordan. By the life of the

EvER·LIv1NG and the life of your soul, I will not leave you! So both of them went on ; and fifty

men from the Preachers went and stationed themselves at a distance to the south, but they two stood by the jordan, and Eliah took his mantle, and folded it, and struck the waters, when they divided on this side and that, and both passed over on dry land. When they had passed over Eliah said Ask what I shall do for you before GQD takes me from you ? ’ Let twice your spirit come upon me} You have asked

a hard thing. If you see me taken from you, then it will come to you; but if not, it will not come. (ac. 896.) ®Iisl;a rzrrihzs ihlinlfs jflsmtlr. While they were walking and con-

versing, a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire and stopped between them, and Eliah ascended in a tem- pest to the Heavens, but Alishalooked My father! My father! The chariot of Israel and its But he never saw him again. He seized his robe, however, and it tore into two, and the mantle that Eliah wore fell upon him. Then he returned and stood on the bank of the jordan, and took the mantle of Eliah, which had fallen from off him, and struck the waters, and said, ’Come, Evan-Livmo, the Goo of Then he struck the waters, and they divided, on this side and that, and Alisha crossed over. , And the pupils of the Preachers who were in jeriko, to The spirit of Eliah has fallen upon Alisha,’ so they went to meet him, and bowed You see now your servants are tifty strong men. Let us go and seek Eliah, for fear the spirit of the EvER—L1v1NG should carry him away, and drive him to some of the hills, or to some of the II I2 16 D0 not go. They, however, pressed him until he 17 your master from your head ?' 377

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