## bowed themselves to the ground before him ##

They are showing him deep respect and acknowledging him as their new leader.

## The spirit of Elijah does rest on Elisha! ##

AT: "Elisha does have the same spiritual power that Elijah did!" or "The spiritual power Elijah had is now with Elisha!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## in case the Spirit of Yahweh has taken him up and thrown him onto some mountain or into some valley ##

The sons of the prophets did not know for sure if Yahweh had taken Elijah to heaven or to another place, like a mountain or valley.