After, he tooke the cloke of Eliiah, that fell from him, and smote the waters, and sayde, Where is the Lord God of Eliiah? And so he also, after he had striken the waters, so that they were deuided this way and that way, went ouer, euen Elisha.
2 Kings 2:12 And Elisha saw it, and he cryed, My father, my father, the charet of Israel, and the horsemen thereof: and he sawe him no more: and he tooke his owne clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
2 Kings 2:13 He tooke vp also the cloke of Eliiah that fell from him, and returned, and stoode by the banke of Iorden.
2 Kings 2:14 After, he tooke the cloke of Eliiah, that fell from him, and smote the waters, and sayde, Where is the Lord God of Eliiah? And so he also, after he had striken the waters, so that they were deuided this way and that way, went ouer, euen Elisha.
2 Kings 2:15 And when the children of the Prophets, which were at Iericho, saw him on the other side, they sayde, The Spirite of Eliiah doeth rest on Elisha: and they came to meete him, and fell to the grounde before him,
2 Kings 2:16 And said vnto him, Beholde nowe, there be with thy seruants fiftie strong men: let them go, we pray thee, and seeke thy master, if so be the Spirite of the Lord hath taken him vp, and cast him vpon some mountaine, or into some valley. But he said, Ye shall not sende.
The verse centers on "after", "tooke", "cloke", "eliiah", "fell", "smote", "waters", and "sayde". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "after" and "tooke", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 13's "He tooke vp also the cloke of..." into verse 15's "And when the children of the Prophets...", so "after" and "tooke" belong inside that flow. In 2 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "after" and "tooke" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.