2 Kings 2:13
Good News Translation
Then he picked up Elijah's cloak that had fallen from him, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

New Revised Standard Version
He picked up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

Contemporary English Version
Elijah's coat had fallen off, so Elisha picked it up and walked back to the Jordan River.

New American Bible
and picked up the mantle which had fallen from Elijah. Then he went back and stood at the bank of the Jordan.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he took up the mantle of Elias, that fell from him: and going back, he stood on the bank of the Jordan;

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he took up the mantle of Elias, that fell from him: and going back, he stood on the bank of the Jordan;

the mantle

2 Kings 2:8 And Elias took his mantle, and folded it together, and struck the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, and they both passed over on dry ground.

1 Kings 19:19 And Elias departing from thence, found Eliseus, the son of Saphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen: and he was one of them that were ploughing with, twelve yoke of oxen: and when Elias came up to him, he cast his mantle upon him.

bank [heb] lip

1 Kings 9:26 And king Solomon made a fleet in Asiongaber, which is by Ailath, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

Context
Elijah Taken to Heaven
12And Eliseus saw him, and cried: My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the driver thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own garments, and rent them in two pieces. 13And he took up the mantle of Elias, that fell from him: and going back, he stood on the bank of the Jordan;14And he struck the waters with the mantle of Elias, that had fallen from him, and they were not divided. And he said: Where is now the God of Elias? And he struck the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, and Eliseus passed over.…
Cross References
Hebrews 11:37
They were stoned, they were cut asunder, they were tempted, they were put to death by the sword, they wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being in want, distressed, afflicted:

1 Kings 19:19
And Elias departing from thence, found Eliseus, the son of Saphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen: and he was one of them that were ploughing with, twelve yoke of oxen: and when Elias came up to him, he cast his mantle upon him.

2 Kings 2:12
And Eliseus saw him, and cried: My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the driver thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own garments, and rent them in two pieces.

2 Kings 2:14
And he struck the waters with the mantle of Elias, that had fallen from him, and they were not divided. And he said: Where is now the God of Elias? And he struck the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, and Eliseus passed over.

2 Kings 2:12
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