2 Kings 2:1

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

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  • Gen 5:24 : 24 Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God took him.
  • Heb 11:5 : 5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death, and he was not found, because God took him up. For before he was taken up, he was commended as one who had pleased God.
  • Josh 4:19 : 19 The people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped at Gilgal, on the eastern border of Jericho.
  • Josh 5:9 : 9 Then the LORD said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you." So the place has been called Gilgal to this day.
  • 1 Kgs 19:11 : 11 The LORD said, 'Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.' Then a great and powerful wind tore through the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind, there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
  • 1 Kgs 19:16-21 : 16 Anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to be prophet in your place. 17 Anyone who escapes the sword of Hazael will be put to death by Jehu, and anyone who escapes the sword of Jehu will be put to death by Elisha. 18 Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.' 19 Elijah left from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen, and he was with the twelfth pair. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak over him. 20 Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, 'Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.' Elijah said to him, 'Go back, for what have I done to you?' 21 Elisha returned, took the pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. Using the equipment of the oxen, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he got up, followed Elijah, and became his attendant.
  • 2 Kgs 2:11 : 11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.
  • 2 Kgs 4:38 : 38 Elisha returned to Gilgal, where there was a famine in the land. The company of the prophets was sitting before him, and he said to his servant, 'Put on the large pot and cook some stew for these prophets.'
  • Job 38:1 : 1 Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind and said:
  • Luke 9:51 : 51 When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face firmly to go to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 1:9 : 9 After He had said this, He was taken up as they were watching, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.
  • 1 Kgs 18:12 : 12 But I, your servant, fear that if I leave, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you off to some place I don't know, and when I go to tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me. Yet I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 He went a day's journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom tree, sat under it, and prayed that he might die. 'Enough, LORD,' he said. 'Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.'
  • Rev 11:12 : 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here." And they went up into heaven in a cloud as their enemies watched them.

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  • 2 Kgs 2:2-16
    15 verses
    85%

    2Elijah said to Elisha, "Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me to Bethel." But Elisha replied, "As the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they went to Bethel.

    3The sons of the prophets who were in Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, "Do you know that today the LORD is going to take your master away from you?" He replied, "Yes, I know it. Be quiet."

    4Then Elijah said to him, "Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me to Jericho." But Elisha replied, "As the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they went to Jericho.

    5The sons of the prophets who were in Jericho approached Elisha and said to him, "Do you know that today the LORD is going to take your master away from you?" He answered, "Yes, I know it. Be quiet."

    6Then Elijah said to him, "Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me to the Jordan." But Elisha replied, "As the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So the two of them went on.

    7Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan.

    8Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the water with it. The water divided to the right and to the left, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

    9After they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, "Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?" Elisha replied, "Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit."

    10Elijah said, "You have asked for a difficult thing. If you see me when I am taken from you, it will be yours—otherwise, it will not."

    11As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.

    12Elisha saw this and cried out, 'My father, my father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!' And he saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces.

    13Elisha picked up Elijah's cloak that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

    14He took the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and struck the water with it. 'Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?' he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over.

    15The company of the prophets from Jericho saw him from a distance and said, 'The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha.' And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.

    16They said to him, 'Look, we have fifty able men among your servants. Let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has picked him up and set him down on some mountain or in some valley.' But Elisha replied, 'Do not send them.'

  • 2 Kgs 1:15
    75%

    15The angel of the LORD said to Elijah, 'Go down with him; do not be afraid of him.' So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.

  • 1 Kgs 18:44-46
    3 verses
    74%

    44On the seventh time, the servant reported, "Behold, a small cloud, as small as a man’s hand, is rising from the sea." So Elijah said, "Go and tell Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.'"

    45In a short while, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. Ahab mounted his chariot and rode to Jezreel.

    46The hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.

  • 1 Kgs 19:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    19Elijah left from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen, and he was with the twelfth pair. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak over him.

    20Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, 'Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.' Elijah said to him, 'Go back, for what have I done to you?'

    21Elisha returned, took the pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. Using the equipment of the oxen, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he got up, followed Elijah, and became his attendant.

  • 1 Kgs 17:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Elijah, the Tishbite from the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years, except by my word."

    2And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 1:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3But the angel of the LORD told Elijah the Tishbite, 'Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and say to them, "Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?"'

    4Therefore, this is what the LORD says: 'You will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will surely die.' And Elijah departed.

  • 1 Kgs 18:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11Now you tell me, 'Go and say to your master, Elijah is here!'

    12But I, your servant, fear that if I leave, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you off to some place I don't know, and when I go to tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me. Yet I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.

  • 1 Kgs 18:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1After many days, the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, "Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land."

    2So Elijah went to appear before Ahab. The famine in Samaria was severe.

  • 2 Kgs 2:25
    70%

    25From there, he went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 21:17
    69%

    17Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 21:28
    69%

    28Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 19:13
    69%

    13When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak, went out, and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then a voice came to him, saying, 'What are you doing here, Elijah?'

  • 1 Kgs 18:16
    69%

    16So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

  • 1 Kgs 17:22-23
    2 verses
    69%

    22The LORD heard Elijah’s prayer, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived.

    23Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. Elijah said, 'Look, your son is alive.'

  • 1 Kgs 18:40
    69%

    40Then Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal. Do not let any of them escape." So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.

  • 2 Kgs 1:9
    68%

    9Then the king sent a captain with his fifty men to Elijah. He went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of the hill, and said to him, 'Man of God, the king says, "Come down."'

  • 1 Kgs 19:9
    68%

    9There he went into a cave and spent the night. The word of the LORD came to him, saying, 'What are you doing here, Elijah?'

  • 1 Kgs 19:11
    68%

    11The LORD said, 'Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.' Then a great and powerful wind tore through the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind, there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

  • 2 Kgs 1:13
    68%

    13A third time, the king sent a captain with fifty men. This third captain approached, fell on his knees before Elijah, and pleaded with him, 'Man of God, please let my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your eyes.'

  • 2 Kgs 10:12
    68%

    12Then Jehu set out and went to Samaria. Along the way, he came to Beth-Eked of the Shepherds.

  • 2 Kgs 10:16
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    16Then Jehu said, "Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD." So he had him ride in his chariot.

  • 2 Kgs 1:7
    68%

    7The king asked them, 'What kind of man was it who came to meet you and told you this?'

  • 2 Kgs 4:37
    68%

    37She came, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.

  • 2 Kgs 8:14
    68%

    14Then Hazael left Elisha and returned to his master, who asked him, "What did Elisha say to you?" Hazael replied, "He told me that you will certainly recover."

  • 1 Kgs 18:7
    68%

    7While Obadiah was walking along the road, Elijah met him. Obadiah recognized him, bowed to the ground, and said, "Is it really you, my lord Elijah?"

  • 2 Kgs 8:2
    67%

    2So the woman arose and acted according to the word of the man of God. She departed with her household and lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

  • 2 Kgs 13:20
    67%

    20Elisha died and was buried. Now bands of Moabite raiders used to enter the land every spring.