2 Kgs 2:9

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Ask what.

2Kgs 13:14-19; Num 27:16-23; Deut 34:9; 1Chr 29:18; 1Chr 29:19; Ps 72:1; Ps 72:20

Luke 24:45-51; John 17:9-13; Acts 1:8; Acts 8:17; Acts 20:25-36

Elisha said.

Num 11:17; Num 11:25; 1Kgs 3:9; 2Chr 1:9; 2Chr 1:10; John 14:12-14; John 16:7; 1Cor 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.

Num 27:20; Deut 21:17; Zech 9:12; Zech 12:8; 1Tim 5:17