2 Kings 2:1

Good News Translation

The time came for the Lord to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind. Elijah and Elisha set out from Gilgal,

Cross References

Genesis 5:24

He spent his life in fellowship with God, and then he disappeared, because God took him away.

1 Kings 18:12

What if the spirit of the Lord carries you off to some unknown place as soon as I leave? Then, when I tell Ahab that you are here and he can't find you, he will put me to death. Remember that I have been a devout worshiper of the Lord ever since I was a boy.

1 Kings 19:11

“Go out and stand before me on top of the mountain,” the Lord said to him. Then the Lord passed by and sent a furious wind that split the hills and shattered the rocks—but the Lord was not in the wind. The wind stopped blowing, and then there was an earthquake—but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

1 Kings 19:4

Elijah walked a whole day into the wilderness. He stopped and sat down in the shade of a tree and wished he would die. “It's too much, Lord,” he prayed. “Take away my life; I might as well be dead!”

2 Kings 1:18

Everything else that King Ahaziah did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel.

2 Kings 2:11

They kept talking as they walked on; then suddenly a chariot of fire pulled by horses of fire came between them, and Elijah was taken up to heaven by a whirlwind.

2 Kings 4:38

Once, when there was a famine throughout the land, Elisha returned to Gilgal. While he was teaching a group of prophets, he told his servant to put a big pot on the fire and make some stew for them.

Job 38:1

Then out of the storm the Lord spoke to Job.

Luke 9:51

As the time drew near when Jesus would be taken up to heaven, he made up his mind and set out on his way to Jerusalem.

Acts 1:9

After saying this, he was taken up to heaven as they watched him, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

Hebrews 11:5

It was faith that kept Enoch from dying. Instead, he was taken up to God, and nobody could find him, because God had taken him up. The scripture says that before Enoch was taken up, he had pleased God.

Joshua 4:19

The people crossed the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped at Gilgal, east of Jericho.

Joshua 5:9

The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have removed from you the disgrace of being slaves in Egypt.” That is why the place was named Gilgal, the name it still has.

Revelation 11:12

Then the two prophets heard a loud voice say to them from heaven, “Come up here!” As their enemies watched, they went up into heaven in a cloud.