2 Kings 2:11

2:11 As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a fiery chariot ¹  pulled by fiery horses appeared. ²  They went between Elijah and Elisha, ³  and Elijah went up to heaven in a windstorm.

2 Kings 2:16

2:16 They said to him, “Look, there are fifty capable men with your servants. Let them go and look for your master, for the wind sent from the Lord ⁴  may have carried him away and dropped him on one of the hills or in one of the valleys.” But Elisha ⁵  replied, “Don’t send them out.”

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¹ tn Though the noun is singular here, it may be collective, in which case it could be translated “chariots.”

² tn Heb “look, a chariot of fire and horses of fire.”

³ tn Heb “and they made a division between the two of them.”

⁴ tn Or “the spirit of the Lord.”

⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.