2 Kings 2:9
After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken away from you?” “Please, let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.
And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
When they had gone over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” Elisha said, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be on me.”
And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I am taken from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Ask what
- 2 Kings 13:14–19; Numbers 27:16–23; Deuteronomy 34:9; 1 Chronicles 29:18, 19; Psalm 72:1, 20; Luke 24:45–51; John 17:9–13; Acts 1:8; Acts 8:17; Acts 20:25–36
- Elisha said
- Numbers 11:17, 25; 1 Kings 3:9; 2 Chronicles 1:9, 10; John 14:12–14; John 16:7; 1 Corinthians 12:31
- a double portion
- This probably refers to the law respecting the first-born, who had a double portion of the property of his father. As Elisha may have considered himself as the first-born of Elijah, so he requested a double portion of his spiritual influence.
- Numbers 27:20; Deuteronomy 21:17; Zechariah 9:12; Zechariah 12:8; 1 Timothy 5:17