A chariot of fire, and horses of fire; a bright cloud formed into such a likeness, managed by holy and blessed angels sent from heaven to conduct him thither. Into heaven; into the third heaven being in the way so transformed and changed, as might make him meet to be admitted into those blessed mansions.
Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 2:11
2 Kings 2:11
11 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 whirlwind into heaven.