Elisha said: Num 11:17, Num 11:25; 1Ki 3:9; 2Ch 1:9-10; Joh 14:12-14, Joh 16:7; 1Co 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; Deu 21:17; Zec 9:12, Zec 12:8; 1Ti 5:17