12. Elisha saw it and cried out to Elijah, “My father, my father! Mighty defender of Israel! You are gone!” And he never saw Elijah again.In grief, Elisha tore his cloak in two.
13. Then he picked up Elijah's cloak that had fallen from him, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
14. He struck the water with Elijah's cloak, and said, “Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” Then he struck the water again, and it divided, and he walked over to the other side.
15. The fifty prophets from Jericho saw him and said, “The power of Elijah is on Elisha!” They went to meet him, bowed down before him,
16. and said, “There are fifty of us here, all strong men. Let us go and look for your master. Maybe the Spirit of the Lord has carried him away and left him on some mountain or in some valley.”“No, you must not go,” Elisha answered.
17. But they insisted until he gave in and let them go. The fifty of them went and looked high and low for Elijah for three days, but didn't find him.