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Elijah Taken Up in a Chariot of Fire by Giuseppe Angeli, c. 1740 Elijah's chariot in the whirlwind. Fresco, Anagni Cathedral, c. 1250. According to 2 Kings 2:3–9, Elisha (Eliseus) and "the sons of the prophets" knew beforehand that Elijah would one day be assumed into heaven. Elisha asked Elijah to "let a double portion" of Elijah's "spirit ...
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Elijah, in company with Elisha, approaches the Jordan River. He rolls up his mantle and strikes the water. The water immediately divides and Elijah and Elisha cross on dry land. Suddenly, a chariot of fire appears and Elijah is lifted up to heaven in a whirlwind. As Elijah is lifted up, his mantle falls to the ground and Elisha picks it up.
The line from the poem "Bring me my Chariot of fire!" draws on the story of 2 Kings 2:11 , where the Old Testament prophet Elijah is taken directly to heaven: "And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a ...
2 Kings 2 is the second chapter of the second part of the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible or the Second Book of Kings in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of Israel and Judah by a Deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century BCE, with a supplement added in the sixth century BCE. [3]
"Elijah Nourished by an Angel" 1 Kings 19:5-6 94 "Slaughter of the Syrians by the Children of Israel" 1 Kings 20:29 95 "Death of Ahab" 1 Kings 22:35 96 "Elijah Destroys the Messengers of Ahaziah by Fire" 2 Kings 1:10 97 "Elijah Taken Up To Heaven in a Chariot of Fire" 2 Kings 2:11 98 "The Children Destroyed by Bears" 2 Kings 2:23-24 99
Elijah and Elisha went to the Jordan River. Elijah rolls up his mantle and strikes the water, the waters of which divided so as to permit both to pass over on dry ground. Elisha asks to "inherit a double-portion" of Elijah's spirit. Suddenly, a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and Elijah was lifted up in a whirlwind.
Elijah's chariot of fire in the Second Book of Kings; Chariots of Fire, a nickname for articulated buses in London This page was last edited on 4 ...