The time had come for the Lord to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind. Elijah and Elisha were travelling from Gilgal,
Joshua 4:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and camped at Gilgal on the eastern limits of Jericho. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and encamped in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho. American Standard Version (1901) And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho. Common English Bible The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month. They camped at Gilgal on the east border of Jericho. Catholic Public Domain Version Now the people ascended from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they encamped at Gilgal, opposite the eastern portion of the city of Jericho. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the people came up out of the Jordan, the tenth day of the first month, and camped in Galgal, over against the east side of the city of Jericho. |
The time had come for the Lord to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind. Elijah and Elisha were travelling from Gilgal,
Come to Bethel and rebel; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tenths every three days.
Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal or journey to Beer-sheba, for Gilgal will certainly go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.
My people, remember what King Balak of Moab proposed, what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and what happened from the Acacia Grove , to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the Lord’s righteous acts.
In the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month, Moses told the Israelites everything the Lord had commanded him to say to them.
Aren’t these mountains across the Jordan, beyond the western road in the land of the Canaanites, who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, near the oaks of Moreh?
Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: ‘Don’t give up on your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, for all the Amorite kings living in the hill country have joined forces against us.’
Then the border ascended to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to the Gilgal that is opposite the Ascent of Adummim, which is south of the ravine. The border proceeded to the Waters of En-shemesh and ended at En-rogel.
‘ “You then crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. Jericho’s citizens #– #as well as the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hethites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites #– #fought against you, but I handed them over to you.
When the priests carrying the ark of the Lord’s covenant came up from the middle of the Jordan, and their feet stepped out onto solid ground, the water of the Jordan resumed its course, flowing over all the banks as before.
While the Israelites camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they observed the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month.
The Lord then said to Joshua, ‘Today I have rolled away the disgrace of Egypt from you.’ Therefore, that place is still called Gilgal today.
They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, ‘We have come from a distant land. Please make a treaty with us.’
Afterwards, go ahead of me to Gilgal. I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice fellowship offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what to do.’
Samuel declared: As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women. Then he hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.