"When they had gone over, Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you."Elisha said, "Please let a double portion of your spirit be on me." He said, "You have asked a hard thing. If you see me when I am taken from you, it will be so for you; but if not, it will not be so." As they continued on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated them, and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." 2 Kings 2:9-12 Elijah is taken to heaven in a chariot of fire, to his disciple Elisha. Painting by Marc Chagall.
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