2 Kings 2:9

Before being taken, Elijah invites Elisha to ask anything; Elisha requests a double portion of his spirit. He seeks not honor but capacity to carry on the prophetic work.

Cross-references · 22

• Num 11:17And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
• Deut 21:17But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
• John 16:7Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
• Acts 20:25–36And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
• Num 11:25And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
• Acts 8:17Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
• Acts 1:8But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
• Zech 12:8In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
• Deut 34:9And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
• 1 Cor 12:31But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
• 1 Kgs 3:9Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
• Ps 72:20The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
• 2 Kgs 13:14–19Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
• 2 Chr 1:9–10Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
• Luke 24:45–51Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
• 1 Tim 5:17Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
• John 17:9–13I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
• John 14:12–14Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
• Zech 9:12Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
• 1 Chr 29:18–19O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
• Ps 72:1Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.
• Num 27:16–23Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

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