Verse 9

And it fortuned, that assoone as they were ouer, Elias saide vnto Elisa: Aske what I shal do for thee, yer I be taken away from thee. And Elisa saide: I pray thee let thy spirite be double vpon me.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 21:17 : 17 But he shall knowe the sonne of the hated for the first borne, and geue hym dowble portion of all that he hath: For he is the first of his strength, and to hym belongeth the ryght of the first borne.
  • Num 11:17 : 17 And I wyll come downe, and talke with thee there, and take of the spirite which is vpon thee, and put vpon them, and they shall beare the burthen of the people with thee, lest thou be constrayned to beare it alone.
  • Num 11:25 : 25 And the Lord came downe in a cloude, and spake vnto him, and toke of the spirite that was vpon him, and gaue it vnto the threscore & ten elders: And when the spirite rested vpon them, they prophesied, and dyd not ceasse.
  • 1 Tim 5:17 : 17 The elders that rule well are worthy of double honour, most speciallye they which labour in the worde & teachyng.
  • Num 27:16-23 : 16 Let the Lord God of the spirites of all fleshe set a man ouer ye congregation, 17 Which may go out & in before them, and leade them out and in, that the congregation of the Lord be not as sheepe which haue not a sheephearde. 18 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: Take thee Iosuah the sonne of Nun, a man in whom is the spirite, and put thyne handes vpon hym, 19 And set hym before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: and geue hym a charge in their sight. 20 And put of thy prayse vpon him, that all the companie of the children of Israel may be obedient. 21 And he shall stande before Eleazar the priest, which shall aske counsell for hym after the iudgement of Urim, before the Lorde: And accordyng vnto his worde, shall they go out and in, both he and all the children of Israel with him, and all the congregation. 22 And Moyses dyd as the Lorde commaunded him: and he toke Iosuah, and set hym before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: 23 And put his handes vpon hym, and gaue hym a charge, as the Lorde commaunded through the hand of Moyses.
  • Deut 34:9 : 9 And Iosuah the sonne of Nun was ful of the spirite of wisdome, for Moyses had put his handes vpon hym: And the children of Israel were obedient vnto hym, and dyd as the Lorde commaunded Moyses.
  • 1 Kgs 3:9 : 9 Geue therfore thy seruaunt an vnderstanding heart to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betweene good & bad: For who is able to iudge this thy so mightie a people?
  • 2 Kgs 13:14-19 : 14 When Elisa was fallen sicke of his sicknesse whereof he dyed, Ioas the king of Israel came downe vnto him, and wept before him, and saide: O my father, my father, the charet of Israel, & the horsemen of the same. 15 Elisa saide vnto him: Take bowe and arrowes. And he toke vnto him bowe and arrowes. 16 And he saide to the king of Israel: Put thyne hand vpon the bowe. And he put his hand vpon it: And Elisa put his handes vpon the kinges handes, 17 And said: Open a windowe eastward. And when he had opened it, Elisa sayd: shoote. And he shot: And he saide, The arrowe of health of the Lorde, and the arrowe of health against Syria: For thou shalt smyte Syria in Aphec, till thou haue made an ende of them. 18 And he saide: Take the arrowes. And he toke them: And he said vnto the king of Israel, Smyte the grounde. And he smote thrise, and ceassed. 19 And the man of God was angry with him, and saide: Thou shouldest haue smitten fiue or sixe tymes, and then thou haddest smytten Syria till thou haddest made an end of them: where now thou shalt smyte Syria but thrise.
  • 1 Chr 29:18-19 : 18 O Lorde God of Abraham, Isahac, and of Israel our fathers, keepe this for euer in the desire of the thoughtes of the heart of thy people, & prepare their heartes vnto thee. 19 And geue vnto Solomon my sonne a perfect heart, to keepe thy commaundementes, thy testimonies, & thy statutes, and to do all, and builde the house, for the which I haue made prouision.
  • 2 Chr 1:9-9 : 9 Now therefore, O Lorde God, let thy promise which thou madest vnto Dauid my father, be true: For thou hast made me king ouer a people which is lyke the dust of the earth in multitude: 10 Wherefore geue me now wysedome and knowledge, that I may be able to go in and out before this people: for who els can iudge this people that is so great?
  • Ps 72:1 : 1 Of Solomon. O God geue vnto the kyng thy iudgementes: and thy ryghteousnesse vnto the kynges sonne.
  • Ps 72:20 : 20 Here endeth the prayers of Dauid the sonne of Isai.
  • Zech 9:12 : 12 Turne you now to the strong holde ye that be in prison & long sore to be deliuered: euen this day I bring thee word that I wyl reward thee double againe.
  • Zech 12:8 : 8 In that day shall the Lorde defende the citezins of Hierusalem, so that the weakest then among them shalbe as Dauid: and the house of Dauid shalbe as gods house, and as the angel of the Lorde before them.
  • Luke 24:45-51 : 45 Then opened he their wittes, that they myght vnderstande the scriptures. 46 And sayde vnto them: Thus is it written, and thus it behoued Christe to suffer, and to rise agayne from death the thirde day: 47 And that repentaunce and remission of sinnes shoulde be preached in his name among all nations, and must begyn at Hierusalem. 48 And ye are witnesses of these thynges. 49 And beholde I wyll sende the promise of my father vpon you: But tary ye in the citie of Hierusalem, vntyll ye be endued with power from an hye. 50 And he led them out into Bethanie, and lift vp his handes, & blessed them. 51 And it came to passe, as he blessed them, he departed from them, and was caryed vp into heauen.
  • John 14:12-14 : 12 Ueryly, veryly I say vnto you, he that beleueth on me, the workes that I do, the same shal he do also, and greater workes then these shall he do, because I go vnto the father. 13 And whatsoeuer ye aske in my name, that wyll I do, that the father may be glorified in the sonne. 14 If ye shall aske any thing in my name, I wyll do it.
  • John 16:7 : 7 Neuerthelesse, I tell you the trueth, it is expedient for you that I go away. For yf I go not away, that comforter wyll not come vnto you: But yf I depart, I wyll sende hym vnto you.
  • John 17:9-9 : 9 I pray for them: I pray not for the worlde, but for them which thou hast geuen me, for they are thyne. 10 And all myne are thyne, and thyne are myne, and I am glorified in them. 11 And nowe am I not in the worlde, and they are in the worlde, and I come to thee. Holy father, kepe through thine owne name, the which thou hast geuen me, that they may also be one, as we are. 12 Whyle I was with them in ye worlde, I kept them in thy name. Those that thou gauest me, haue I kept, and none of them is lost, but that lost chylde, that the scripture myght be fulfylled. 13 Nowe come I to thee, and these wordes speake I in the worlde, that they myght haue my ioy fulfylled in them seues.
  • Acts 1:8 : 8 But ye shall receaue power, after that the holy ghost is come vpon you: And ye shalbe witnesses vnto me, both in Hierusalem, and in al Iurie, & in Samarie, and euen vnto the worldes ende.
  • Acts 8:17 : 17 Then layde they their handes on the, and they receaued the holy ghost.
  • Acts 20:25-36 : 25 And nowe beholde, I am sure that hencefoorth ye al, through who I haue gone preachyng the kyngdome of God, shall see my face no more. 26 Wherefore, I take you to recorde this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. 27 For I haue kept nothyng backe, but haue shewed you all ye counsell of God. 28 Take heede therfore vnto your selues, and to all the flocke, ouer the which the holy ghost hath made you ouerseers, to rule the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his owne blood. 29 For I knowe this, that after my departyng, shall greeuous wolfes enter in among you, not sparyng the flocke. 30 Also of your owne selues shall men aryse, speakyng peruerse thynges, to drawe disciples after them. 31 Therfore watch, and remember that by the space of three yeres I ceassed not to warne euery one night and day with teares. 32 And nowe brethren I commende you to God, and to the worde of his grace, which is able to buylde further, and to geue you an inheritaunce among all the which are sanctified. 33 I haue desired no mans syluer, golde, or vesture. 34 Yea, ye your selues knowe, that these handes haue ministred vnto my necessities, and to them that were with me. 35 I haue shewed you all thinges, howe that so labouryng ye ought to receaue the weake, and to remember ye wordes of the Lorde Iesu, howe that he said, it is more blessed to geue, then to receaue. 36 And when he hadde thus spoken, he kneled downe, & prayed with them all.
  • 1 Cor 12:31 : 31 Couet after the best giftes: And yet shew I vnto you a more excellent way.