# Elijah in the Whirlwind - The Book of 2 Kings

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 5 Dec 2023, 13 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 102. After Elijah went to heaven, Elisha became the new prophet. Once, some boys teased Elisha about being bald, and because of their disrespect, bears came, and it taught everyone about being kind and respectful. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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[0:00] Speaker 1: Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for
[0:04] Speaker 1: you before I am taken from you. Elisha said, Please
[0:09] Speaker 1: let a double portion of your spirit be on me.
[0:12] Speaker 1: 2 Kings 2.9 Dear God, thank you that you promised
[0:17] Speaker 1: to give us your Holy Spirit, who gives us wisdom
[0:21] Speaker 1: when we need it and encouragement when we're sad. Please
[0:25] Speaker 1: teach us even more about what it means to have
[0:28] Speaker 1: your Spirit in us through today's story. Help us to
[0:33] Speaker 1: walk in the strength of your Spirit every day. Thank you.
[0:37] Speaker 1: We love you so much. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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[1:15] Speaker 3: Elijah in the Whirlwind In our last story, Ahaziah asked Beelzebub,
[1:22] Speaker 3: the god of Ekron, if he would be healed. Elijah,
[1:26] Speaker 3: the prophet, intercepted the messengers and said that Ahaziah would
[1:29] Speaker 3: die and the Lord is not pleased. Ahaziah tried to
[1:34] Speaker 3: send men to get Elijah, but they were consumed by fire.
[1:39] Speaker 3: Ahaziah died, as the Lord said, and his kingdom was
[1:43] Speaker 3: given to Joram. In this story, Elijah will be taken
[1:47] Speaker 3: to heaven, and Elisha will become the prophet, as inspired
[1:52] Speaker 3: by 2 Kings.
[1:57] Speaker 1: Hi there, it's Julia Sadler with the Kids Bible in
[2:00] Speaker 1: a Year podcast. I'm so happy you're here. Today, we
[2:04] Speaker 1: will hear what happens when Elisha and Elijah have to
[2:09] Speaker 1: say goodbye and the fantastic way God takes Elijah to
[2:13] Speaker 1: his new home. We'll also discuss the gift God gave
[2:17] Speaker 1: Elisha when Elijah was gone. Let's jump in and hear
[2:22] Speaker 1: the whole story.
[2:26] Speaker 3: The Lord was about to take Elijah to heaven in
[2:29] Speaker 3: a whirlwind. And then Elijah said to Elisha, Stay here.
[2:35] Speaker 3: The Lord is sending me to Bethel. Elisha said, As
[2:39] Speaker 3: long as the Lord lives and as long as you live,
[2:42] Speaker 3: I will not leave you. Both men went to Bethel.
[2:47] Speaker 3: When they arrived, all of the other prophets were asking Elisha,
[2:51] Speaker 3: Do you know that the Lord is going to take
[2:53] Speaker 3: your master to heaven today? Elisha said, Of course I
[2:57] Speaker 3: know that. Please don't talk about it. Elijah said to Elisha.
[3:02] Speaker 1: Stay here.
[3:04] Speaker 3: The Lord is sending me to Jericho. Elisha said, As
[3:08] Speaker 3: long as the Lord lives, and as long as you live,
[3:11] Speaker 3: I will not leave you. So both men went to Jericho.
[3:17] Speaker 3: When they arrived, all of the other prophets were asking Elisha,
[3:21] Speaker 3: Do you know that the Lord is going to take
[3:23] Speaker 3: your master to heaven today? Elisha said, Of course I
[3:27] Speaker 3: know that. Please don't talk about it. Then Elisha said
[3:32] Speaker 3: to Elisha, Stay here. The Lord is sending me to
[3:36] Speaker 3: the Jordan. Elisha said, As long as the Lord lives
[3:39] Speaker 3: and as long as you live, I will not leave you.
[3:43] Speaker 3: So both men went to the Jordan. Fifty men from
[3:48] Speaker 3: the guild of prophets were watching Elisha and Elisha as
[3:51] Speaker 3: they stood at the Jordan. Elisha rolled up his cloak.
[3:56] Speaker 3: struck the ground with it, and the water divided to
[3:59] Speaker 3: the left and right. Elijah and Elisha walked across the
[4:03] Speaker 3: Jordan on completely dry ground. When they crossed the Jordan,
[4:08] Speaker 3: Elijah asked Elisha, What can I do for you before
[4:12] Speaker 3: I am taken to heaven? Please, bless me with a
[4:17] Speaker 3: double portion of your spirit. Elijah knew that this was
[4:22] Speaker 3: a difficult thing to do, but he told Elisha, You
[4:26] Speaker 3: can have a double portion of my spirit if you
[4:29] Speaker 3: see me being taken from you. If you don't see me,
[4:33] Speaker 3: then you will not get it. The two men continued
[4:37] Speaker 3: walking and talking. Then suddenly a chariot of fire and
[4:41] Speaker 3: horses of fire appeared to separate the two men, and
[4:44] Speaker 3: Elijah was taken up to heaven in a whirlwind. Elisha
[4:48] Speaker 3: saw all of this happening and cried out for Elijah
[4:51] Speaker 3: until he could no longer see him. Elisha picked up
[4:55] Speaker 3: his own garment and tore it in two. Then he
[4:59] Speaker 3: picked up the cloak of Elijah and stood at the
[5:01] Speaker 3: bank of the Jordan. Elisha took the cloak and struck
[5:06] Speaker 3: the water with it, saying, Where is the God of
[5:09] Speaker 3: Elijah now? When Elisha struck the water, it divided in two,
[5:14] Speaker 3: and he crossed over on dry ground. All of the
[5:18] Speaker 3: prophets that were watching said, The spirit of Elijah is
[5:22] Speaker 3: now resting on Elisha. The prophets went to meet Elisha
[5:26] Speaker 3: and bowed down to him. They said, We have able
[5:30] Speaker 3: men here that are able to go find your master.
[5:33] Speaker 3: It's possible that the Lord picked him up and dropped
[5:36] Speaker 3: him off on a mountain or in a valley. Elisha
[5:39] Speaker 3: told them not to go, but they kept asking. So
[5:42] Speaker 3: Elisha sent them out to look for his master. The
[5:46] Speaker 3: men searched for three days but did not find Elisha.
[5:51] Speaker 3: When they came back, Alicia said, Didn't I tell you
[5:55] Speaker 3: not to go? The people of Jericho said to Alicia,
[5:59] Speaker 3: Our city is in great order, but we have a
[6:02] Speaker 3: serious problem. The water is bad, and it's hindering our
[6:06] Speaker 3: land from producing crops. Alicia said, Bring me a bowl
[6:11] Speaker 3: with some salt in it. The people did exactly as
[6:14] Speaker 3: Alicia said, and he went out to the water and
[6:17] Speaker 3: threw the salt in it. Alicia said, This water is healed.
[6:23] Speaker 3: Never again will this water cause death or hinder the land.
[6:27] Speaker 3: The water remains pure to this day. Alicia then traveled
[6:31] Speaker 3: to Bethel, and as he was walking on the road,
[6:34] Speaker 3: some boys started to make fun of him. The boys said,
[6:38] Speaker 3: Get out of here, baldy! Alicia turned around and cursed
[6:42] Speaker 3: the boys. Then two bears came out of the woods
[6:47] Speaker 3: and killed 42 of the boys. Elisha continued on to
[6:52] Speaker 3: Mount Carmel and then returned to Samaria.
[7:01] Speaker 1: In today's story, Elisha had to say goodbye to his
[7:05] Speaker 1: best friend, Elijah. That was kind of sad, wasn't it?
[7:09] Speaker 1: Elijah knew he was leaving to go and to be
[7:12] Speaker 1: with God. So did Elisha and all the other prophets.
[7:17] Speaker 1: So on Elijah's last day, he went town to town
[7:21] Speaker 1: to say goodbye to all his friends. Have you ever
[7:24] Speaker 1: had to say goodbye to your friends? Maybe you moved
[7:28] Speaker 1: to another house far away. Or maybe your best friend
[7:32] Speaker 1: moved to a different city or state. And although you
[7:36] Speaker 1: knew the move would happen, you didn't want it to
[7:39] Speaker 1: happen yet. You wanted just one more day, just one
[7:43] Speaker 1: more hour. Just one more chance to talk or play together.
[7:48] Speaker 1: That's how Elisha felt about Elijah leaving. So when Elijah
[7:52] Speaker 1: said that he was going to Gilgal, Elisha said, me too.
[7:57] Speaker 1: And when Elijah said he was going to Jericho, Elisha said,
[8:01] Speaker 1: me too. And when Elijah said he was going to
[8:05] Speaker 1: the Jordan River, Elisha wanted just a few more minutes.
[8:10] Speaker 1: Just a couple more conversations. Me too. He said, Elijah
[8:16] Speaker 1: and Elisha walked and talked together as long as they could.
[8:20] Speaker 1: When they reached the river, Elijah snapped the water with
[8:24] Speaker 1: his robe. And just like God parted the Red Sea
[8:28] Speaker 1: for Moses and the Jordan for Joshua and the Israelites,
[8:33] Speaker 1: God opened a path of dry ground for Elijah and
[8:36] Speaker 1: Elisha to cross over. Elijah knew Elisha was sad, and
[8:42] Speaker 1: he said, What can I leave you before I go,
[8:45] Speaker 1: my friend? Elisha thought about all the amazing miracles God
[8:50] Speaker 1: had done through Elijah. Then he knew what he wanted.
[8:54] Speaker 1: Can I have the same power of God's Spirit that
[8:57] Speaker 1: you have, but twice as much? That was a big request.
[9:02] Speaker 1: It's like your friend asking for all of your toys,
[9:06] Speaker 1: Elijah knew the power to do miracles wasn't his to give.
[9:08] Speaker 1: It was God's. So, he told Elisha, Then, as they
[9:10] Speaker 1: were walking, they heard the sound of galloping horses. Suddenly
[9:30] Speaker 1: a fiery chariot pulled by flaming stallions whooshed past and
[9:36] Speaker 1: swept Elijah high up into the sky to heaven. Elisha
[9:40] Speaker 1: stood alone on the ground watching him go. Then he
[9:45] Speaker 1: picked up Elijah's robe and returned to the Jordan River.
[9:50] Speaker 1: The water split just as it did for Elijah, and
[9:55] Speaker 1: Elisha crossed over, filled with God's Spirit. Now there's another.
[10:00] Speaker 1: person in the Bible who left his friends to go
[10:03] Speaker 1: to heaven And they received the Holy Spirit when he
[10:06] Speaker 1: was gone Do you know who that is? Yes, it's
[10:10] Speaker 1: Jesus When Jesus returned home to heaven, he had to
[10:14] Speaker 1: say goodbye to his friends, the disciples They were sad,
[10:18] Speaker 1: like Elisha They all wanted one more day with Jesus,
[10:23] Speaker 1: just one more hour. But he had said to them,
[10:27] Speaker 1: Don't worry, when I go, I won't leave you here alone.
[10:31] Speaker 1: I'll send you God's Spirit. And even though you've seen
[10:35] Speaker 1: me do great things, you will do even greater things
[10:39] Speaker 1: in my name. And he was right. Jesus healed many
[10:44] Speaker 1: people and spread the good news of salvation all throughout Israel.
[10:49] Speaker 1: But by his spirit, Jesus' followers healed even more people
[10:53] Speaker 1: because they helped invent hospitals and orphanages and care homes.
[10:59] Speaker 1: And they spread Jesus' message all over the world. In fact,
[11:04] Speaker 1: you're hearing it today, right now, because of them. God
[11:08] Speaker 1: gave Elisha a double portion of the spirit he gave Elijah.
[11:13] Speaker 1: And Jesus' followers carried his message further than even he
[11:17] Speaker 1: did on earth. Through the Spirit, God gave them. And
[11:21] Speaker 1: when you ask Jesus to be your Savior and to
[11:24] Speaker 1: forgive you of your sins, God gives you the Holy
[11:28] Speaker 1: Spirit too. I'm so happy you joined me today. Come
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[11:36] Speaker 1: for good King Jehoshaphat because he trusted in the Lord. Remember,
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