When the Lord.. Elijah] The only parallel to this narrative in the OT. is the account of the translation of Enoch in Genesis 5:24. The mention (in 2 Chronicles 21:12) of a letter from Elijah in the reign of Jehoram has led some to think that the event related in this chapter is placed out of its proper order. Gilgal] probably identical with the modern Jiljilia, a place between Bethel and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim.
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2 Kings 2:1
1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.