2 Kings 2:8
And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
Cross-reference
In 2 Kings 2:14, Elisha uses Elijah's fallen cloak to repeat the same parting of the Jordan — a direct imitation of the miracle here.
2 Kings 2:13 shows Elisha picking up the fallen mantle, leading him to repeat this same miracle of parting the waters.
In 2 Kings 1:8, Elijah is described wearing a hairy garment and leather belt — the same cloak he uses here to part the Jordan.
In 2 Kings 5:12, Naaman dismisses the Jordan as inferior — contrasting the miraculous power displayed here when Elijah divides it.
In Exodus 14:21, Moses parts the Red Sea with his staff — Elijah's parting of the Jordan mirrors this foundational miracle.
Exodus 14:22 records the Red Sea parting on dry ground, providing the prototype for Elijah's miracle here.
Joshua 3:14-17 describes the priests crossing the Jordan on dry ground, directly paralleling Elijah's crossing here.
In 1 Kings 19:13, Elijah covers his face with his cloak at Horeb — the same cloak he now uses to part the water, showing its significance.
In 1 Kings 19:19, Elijah throws his cloak on Elisha to call him — the same cloak is now used to part the Jordan, linking call to miracle.
Joshua 3:17 emphasizes the dry ground in the Jordan, exactly matching the dry crossing accomplished here.
Psalm 74:15 recalls God dividing the sea — Elijah's act here echoes that divine power over waters.
Psalm 114:5-7 poetically asks why the Jordan fled, celebrating God's power over waters as seen in this miracle.
Isaiah 11:15 prophecies a future drying of rivers for passage, echoing the pattern of miraculous crossing seen here.
Zechariah 10:11 prophesies God drying up seas for deliverance — parallel to the Jordan crossing here.
Revelation 16:12 describes the Euphrates drying for kings' passage, an apocalyptic parallel to the water parting here.