2 Kings 2:1

New American Bible - revised edition

When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, he and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.

Cross References

Genesis 5:24

Enoch walked with God, and he was no longer here, for God took him.

1 Kings 18:12

After I leave you, the spirit of the Lord will carry you to some place I do not know, and when I go to inform Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me—though your servant has revered the Lord from his youth!

1 Kings 19:11

Then the Lord said: Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord; the Lord will pass by. There was a strong and violent wind rending the mountains and crushing rocks before the Lord—but the Lord was not in the wind; after the wind, an earthquake—but the Lord was not in the earthquake;

1 Kings 19:4

and went a day’s journey into the wilderness, until he came to a solitary broom tree and sat beneath it. He prayed for death: “Enough, Lord! Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.”

2 Kings 1:18

The rest of the acts of Ahaziah, which he did, are recorded in the book of chronicles of the kings of Israel.

2 Kings 2:11

As they walked on still conversing, a fiery chariot and fiery horses came between the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind,

2 Kings 4:38

When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. Once, when the guild prophets were seated before him, he said to his servant, “Put the large pot on, and make some vegetable stew for the guild prophets.”

Job 38:1

Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm and said:

Luke 9:51

When the days for his being taken up were fulfilled, he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem,

Acts 1:9

When he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight.

Hebrews 11:5

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and “he was found no more because God had taken him.” Before he was taken up, he was attested to have pleased God.

Joshua 4:19

The people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and camped in Gilgal on the eastern limits of Jericho.

Joshua 5:9

Then the Lord said to Joshua: Today I have removed the reproach of Egypt from you. Therefore the place is called Gilgal to the present day.

Revelation 11:12

Then they heard a loud voice from heaven say to them, “Come up here.” So they went up to heaven in a cloud as their enemies looked on.