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 11:17I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you not bear it yourself alone.
• Deut 21:17but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; 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 to your advantage that I go away, for if I don’t go away, the Counselor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
• Acts 20:25–36“Now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I went about preaching God’s Kingdom, will see my face no more.
• Num 11:25Yahweh came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was on him, and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.
• Acts 8:17Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”
• Zech 12:8In that day Yahweh will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He who is feeble among them at that day will be like David, and David’s house will be like God, like Yahweh’s angel before them.
• Deut 34:9Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands on him. The children of Israel listened to him, and did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
• 1 Cor 12:31But earnestly desire the best gifts. Moreover, I show a most excellent way to you.
• 1 Kgs 3:9Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”
• Ps 72:20This ends the prayers by David, the son of Jesse.
• 2 Kgs 13:14–19Now Elisha became sick with the illness of which he died; and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him, and said, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”
• 2 Chr 1:9–10Now, Yahweh God, let your promise to David my father be established; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
• Luke 24:45–51Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.
• 1 Tim 5:17Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.
• John 17:9–13I pray for them. I don’t pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.
• John 14:12–14Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.
• Zech 9:12Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.
• 1 Chr 29:18–19Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this desire forever in the thoughts of the heart of your people, and prepare their heart for you;
• Ps 72:1By Solomon. God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.
• Num 27:16–23“Let Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,

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