2 Kings 2:1

Easy To Read Version

It was near the time for the Lord to take Elijah by a whirlwind up into heaven. Elijah went with Elisha to Gilgal.

Cross References

Genesis 5:24

One day Enoch was walking with God, and Enoch disappeared. God took him. [35]

1 Kings 18:12

If I go tell King Ahab that you are here, then the Lord might carry you to some other place. King Ahab will come here, and he will not be able to find you. Then he will kill me! I have followed the Lord since I was a boy.

1 Kings 19:11

Then the Lord said to Elijah, “Go, stand in front of me on the mountain. I will pass by you.” [211] Then a very strong wind blew. The wind caused the mountains to break apart. It broke large rocks in front of the Lord. But that wind was not the Lord! After that wind, there was an earthquake. But that earthquake was not the Lord.

1 Kings 19:4

Then Elijah walked for a whole day into the desert. Elijah sat down under a bush. He asked to die. Elijah said, “I have had enough, Lord! Let me die. I am no better than my ancestors. [210] ”

2 Kings 1:18

The other things that Ahaziah did are written in the book The History of the Kings of Israel.

2 Kings 2:11

Elijah and Elisha were walking and talking together. Suddenly, some horses and a chariot [11] came and separated Elijah from Elisha. The horses and the chariot were like fire! Then Elijah was carried up into heaven in a whirlwind.

2 Kings 4:38

Elisha went to Gilgal again. There was a time of hunger in the land. The group of prophets [32] was sitting in front of Elisha. Elisha said to his servant, “Put the large pot on the fire, and make some soup for the group of prophets.”

Job 38:1

Then the Lord spoke to Job from a whirlwind. God said:

Luke 9:51

The time was coming near when Jesus would leave and go back to heaven. He decided to go to Jerusalem.

Acts 1:9

After Jesus told the apostles {\cf2\super [6]} these things, he was lifted up into the sky. While the apostles were watching, Jesus went into a cloud, and they could not see him.

Hebrews 11:5

Enoch was carried away from this earth. He never died. The Scripture {\cf2\super [144]} says that, before Enoch was carried off, he was a man who truly pleased God. Later, people could not find Enoch, because God took Enoch to be with him. This happened to Enoch because he had faith.

Joshua 5:9

At that time, the Lord said to Joshua, “You were slaves in Egypt. And this made you ashamed. But today I have taken away that shame.” So Joshua named that place Gilgal. [22] And that place is still named Gilgal today.

Revelation 11:12

Then the two prophets heard a loud voice from heaven say, “Come up here!” And the two prophets went up into heaven in a cloud. Their enemies watched them go.