2 Kings 2:1
INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 2
This chapter relates, how that Elisha accompanied Elijah to several places, and on the other side Jordan Elijah was taken up from him to heaven, which occasioned great lamentation in him, 2Ki 2:1, but having the mantle of Elijah, he divided the waters of Jordan, and passed over, 2Ki 2:13, and the sons of the prophets at Jericho, perceiving the spirit of Elijah on him, showed him great respect, and proposed sending men to seek his master, which they did in vain, 2Ki 2:15, when he healed the waters at Jericho, at the request of the men of it, 2Ki 2:19, and the chapter is concluded with the destruction of forty two children at Bethel by bears, who mocked him, 2Ki 2:23.
Ver. 1. And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind,.... Thereby lifting him up from the earth, and which, as it was the purpose and will of God, Elijah had notice of, as appears by his motions to different places, under a divine direction:
that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal, where it seems they met, a place where the Israelites first pitched when they came over Jordan, and where the tabernacle was for some time, and was famous for religious services, see Jos 4:19.