Discovery Box2 Kings 2:14-15 
Context2:14 He took the cloak that had fallen off Elijah, 1 hit the water with it, and said, “Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” When he hit the water, it divided and Elisha crossed over.
2:15 When the members of the prophetic guild in Jericho, 2 who were standing at a distance, 3 saw him do this, they said, “The spirit that energized Elijah 4 rests upon Elisha.” They went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.
2 Kings 2:21
Context2:21 He went out to the spring and threw the salt in. Then he said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘I have purified 5 this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops.” 6
2 Kings 2:24
Context2:24 When he turned around and saw them, he called God’s judgment down on them. 7 Two female bears came out of the woods and ripped forty-two of the boys to pieces.
1 tn Heb “Elijah’s cloak, which had fallen off him.” The wording is changed slightly in the translation for the sake of variety of expression (see v. 13).
2 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
3 tn Heb “and the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho, [who were standing] opposite, saw him and said.”
4 tn Heb “the spirit of Elijah.”
5 tn Or “healed.”
6 tn Heb “there will no longer be from there death and miscarriage [or, ‘barrenness’].”
7 tn Heb “he cursed them in the name of the
