Discovery Box2 Kings 2:9 
Context2:9 When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “What can I do for you, 1 before I am taken away from you?” Elisha answered, “May I receive a double portion of the prophetic spirit that energizes you.” 2
2 Kings 2:15
Context2:15 When the members of the prophetic guild in Jericho, 3 who were standing at a distance, 4 saw him do this, they said, “The spirit that energized Elijah 5 rests upon Elisha.” They went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.
1 tn Heb “Ask! What can I do for you….?”
2 tn Heb “May a double portion of your spirit come to me.”
3 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
4 tn Heb “and the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho, [who were standing] opposite, saw him and said.”
5 tn Heb “the spirit of Elijah.”
