These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
2 Kings 2
Tanakh 25 verses
- 1 And it came to pass, when would take up by a whirlwind into , that went with from .
- 2 And said unto : ‘Tarry here, I pray thee; for hath sent me as far as Beth-el.’ And said: ‘As liveth, and as thy liveth, I will not leave thee.’ So they went down to Beth-el.—
- 3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to , and said unto him: ‘Knowest thou that will take away thy master from thy head to-day?’ And he said: ‘Yea, I it; hold ye your .’—
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And said unto him: ‘, tarry here, I pray thee; for hath sent me to .’ And he said: ‘As liveth, and as thy liveth, I will not leave thee.’ So they came to .—
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And the sons of the prophets that were at came near to , and said unto him: ‘Knowest thou that will take away thy master from thy head to-day?’ And he answered: ‘Yea, I it; hold ye your .’—
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And said unto him: ‘Tarry here, I pray thee; for hath sent me to the .’ And he said: ‘As liveth, and as thy liveth, I will not leave thee.’ And they two went on.
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And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off; and they two stood by the .
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- 8 And took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
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And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that said unto : ‘Ask what I shall do for thee, before I am taken from thee.’ And said: ‘I pray thee, let a double portion of thy be upon me.’
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Numbers 11:17 Deuteronomy 21:17 Numbers 11:25 1 Timothy 5:17 John 17:9-13 Acts 20:25-36 2 Kings 13:14-19 Zechariah 12:8 John 14:12-14 Numbers 27:16-23 Psalm 72:20 Luke 24:45-51 Deuteronomy 34:9 1 Chronicles 29:18-19 Acts 8:17 Zechariah 9:12 John 16:7 2 Chronicles 1:9-10 1 Corinthians 12:31 1 Kings 3:9 Psalm 72:1 Acts 1:8 -
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And he said: ‘Thou hast asked a hard thing; nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.’
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- 11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them both assunder; and went up by a whirlwind into .
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And saw it, and he cried: ‘My father, my father, the chariots of and the horsemen thereof!’ And he saw him no more; and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
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He took up also the mantle of that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the .
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- 14 And he took the mantle of that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said: ‘Where is , the of ?’ and when he also had smitten the waters, they were divided hither and thither; and went over.
- 15 And when the sons of the prophets that were at some way off saw him, they said: ‘The of doth rest on .’ And they came to meet him, and bowed down to the ground before him.
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And they said unto him: ‘Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master; lest peradventure the of hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley.’ And he said: ‘Ye shall not send.’
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And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said: ‘Send.’ They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
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- 18 And they came back to him, while he tarried at ; and he said unto them: ‘Did I not say unto you: Go not?’
- 19 And the men of the city said unto : ‘Behold, we pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth; but the water is bad, and the land miscarrieth.
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And he said: ‘Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein.’ And they brought it to him.
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- 21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and said: ‘Thus saith : I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or miscarrying.’
- 22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the of which he spoke.
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And he went up from thence unto Beth-el; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him: ‘Go up, thou baldhead; go up, thou baldhead.’
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2 Chronicles 36:16 Job 30:1 Job 19:18 Proverbs 20:11 Psalm 35:15 Hebrews 11:36 Amos 3:14 Isaiah 3:5 Matthew 27:40-43 Galatians 4:29 Matthew 27:29-31 Genesis 21:9 Isaiah 1:4 Amos 7:13 Job 30:8-31 1 Kings 12:28-32 Ecclesiastes 11:10 Proverbs 22:6 Proverbs 22:15 Hosea 4:15 Amos 4:4 Hosea 10:5 Psalm 31:18 Isaiah 57:3-4 Amos 5:5 Jeremiah 7:18 Hosea 10:15 2 Kings 2:11 -
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And he looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the of . And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tore forty and two children of them.
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Hosea 13:8 2 Kings 1:10-12 Jeremiah 29:21-23 Amos 7:17 Exodus 20:5 Acts 5:9 Proverbs 28:15 Deuteronomy 28:15-26 Acts 5:5 Proverbs 17:12 1 Kings 13:24 Mark 11:14 Judges 9:57 Genesis 9:25 Acts 8:20 1 Kings 19:17 2 Samuel 17:8 Jeremiah 28:16 Acts 13:9-11 Mark 11:21 Judges 9:20 Lamentations 3:65 2 Corinthians 10:6 1 Kings 20:36 Nehemiah 13:25-27 -
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And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to .
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