Elisha asked not for worldly honor, or for a high place among the great men of earth. That which he craved was a large measure of the Spirit that God had bestowed so freely upon the one about to be honored with translation. 227 He knew that nothing but the Spirit which had rested upon Elijah could fit him to fill the place in Israel to which God had called him, and so he asked, "I pray thee, let a double portion of thy Spirit be upon me."

Elisa bad ikke om verdslig ære eller om en høj stilling blandt jordens store mænd, Han ønskede af hele sit hjerte at få et stort mål af den Ånd, som Gud i så rigelig grad havde skænket den mand, der nu snart ville opleve den ære at blive bortrykket. Han vidste, at intet mindre end den Ånd, som havde hvilet over Elias, kunne gøre ham skikket til at udfylde den plads, som Gud havde kaldet ham til i Israel. Han sagde derfor; "Måtte to dele af din Ånd komme over mig!"