"Did Elisha receive Elijah’s mantle before or after Elijah is taken up into heaven?" (Alleged Contradiction #E2930)
So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
I Kings 19:19
And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan …
II Kings 2:11-13
Response
Elijah handed Elisha his mantle before being taken into heaven, but apparently he took it back (II Kings 2:8). Then, when Elijah was taken into heaven, his mantle fell of and Elisha took it.
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