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2 Kings 2:9

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Ask what: 2 Kings 13:14-19; Numbers 27:16-23; Deuteronomy 34:9; 1 Chronicles 29:18-19; Psalms 72:1, Psalms 72:20; Luke 24:45-51; John 17:9-13; Acts 1:8, Acts 8:17, Acts 20:25-36

Elisha said: Numbers 11:17, Numbers 11:25; 1 Kings 3:9; 2 Chronicles 1:9-10; John 14:12-14, John 16:7; 1 Corinthians 12:31

a double portion: This probably refers to the law respecting the first-born, who had a double portion of the property of his father. As Elisha may have considered himself as the first-born of Elijah, so he requested a double portion of his spiritual influence. Numbers 27:20; Deuteronomy 21:17; Zechariah 9:12, Zechariah 12:8; 1 Timothy 5:17

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