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 and Elijah  departed  in  the  fair  chariot

up beyond  the  sky,  and  let  fall  his  mantle.

Then Elisha  saw  how  he  went  up,

and cried  aloud  after  his  master  thus:

Pater mi,  pater  mi,  Currus  israhel  et  auriga  eius;

that   is    in    English,    '  My    father,    my    father,    the    chariot    of Israel,

and its  guider,'  that  is,  charioteer.

He saw  him  not  afterward,  but  straightway  took  his  mantle,

which fell  from  the  chariot,  and  went  back,

and was  God's  prophet,  as  wise  as  was  the  other,

and wrought  many  miracles,  and  prophesied  many  things.

He raised  a  dead  man  through  the  Lord's  might,

one during  his  life,  and  another  after  his  death;

After the  prophet's  departure  hence

a corpse  was  brought  to  the  saint's  tomb,

and robbers  put  the  bearers  suddenly  to  flight,

so that  they  left  the  dead  man  upon  his  sepulchre,

and ran  away  as  soon  as  they  saw  the  cruel  flock.

Then the  dead  man  arose  when  he  touched  the  sepulchre,

and went  home  sound,  for  Elisha's  merits.

Elisha also  healed  a  nobleman

from the  dreadful  leprosy;  he  was  called  Naaman,

of the  land  of  Syria,  and  he  believed  in  God

through the  great  miracle  which  God  wrought  in  him.

Many other  signs  God  performed  through  him

among the  nation  of  Israel,  in  that  evil  time.

Elisha then  sent  another  prophet

with God's   errand  to  a  prince

called Jehu,  bidding  him  hallow  him  as  king.

So the  young  prophet  went  to  the  aforesaid  prince,

poured oil  on  his  head,  even  as  the  Almighty  had  commanded,

and boldly  announced  to  him  God's  errand,  saying,