15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

• Elijah's Ascension and Christ's Ascension

• Elijah Taken Up in a Whirlwind

• Elijah Taken Up to Heaven

8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Kgs 18:12 — And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me:
• 1Kgs 19:12 — And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
• 1Thess 4:17 — Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
• 2Kgs 6:17 — And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of
• 2Kgs 6:17 — And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of
• Acts 1:10 — And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
• Ezek 1:4 — And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the
• Ezek 10:9 — And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.
• Gen 5:24 — And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
• Gen 5:24 — And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
• Hab 3:8 — Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?
• Heb 1:7 — And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
• Heb 1:14 — Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
• Heb 11:5 — By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
• Job 38:1 — Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
• Judg 13:20 — For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their fac
• Luke 24:51 — And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
• Mark 9:4 — And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.
• Mark 16:19 — So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
• Ps 68:17 — The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
• Ps 104:3 — Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
• Ps 104:4 — Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
• Rev 11:12 — And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
• Zech 3:8 — Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.