⁹ When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, ‘Tell me what I can do for you before I am taken from you.’

So Elisha answered, ‘Please, let me inherit two shares of your spirit.’^(A)

¹⁵ When the sons of the prophets from Jericho who were observing saw him, they said, ‘The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.’ They came to meet him and bowed down to the ground in front of him.