This is the story of Eliyahu going up to heaven in a fiery chariot.

To each place that Eliyahu was to go, he asked Elisha to not accompany him, but each time Elisha refused to abandon Eliyahu, his master. They went from Gilgal to Beit-El to Yericho, and then to the Yarden.

Elisha persisted and swore in Hashem’s name that he would not leave Eliyahu.

The prophets in each town told Elisha, “Don’t you know that your master is to be taken from the world today?” and Elisha would immediately silence them.

Together Eliyahu and Elisha stood by the edge of the Yarden, with 50 prophets watching from the distance.

Eliyahu miraculously split the Yarden with his cloak.

While walking through the Yarden, Eliyahu asked Elisha if there’s anything that he would like. Elisha told Eliyahu that he would like “a double portion of his spirit”. (Metsudos – Elisha was asking for a higher level of prophecy.)

Eliyahu replied: “If you will be present at the time that I leave the world, you will receive a “double portion of my spirit”.

A chariot and horses of fire came and took Eliyahu up to heaven in a whirlwind.

Elisha picked up Eliyahu’s cloak that had fallen and he split the Yarden with it.

The prophets who were observing from a distance proclaimed, “Eliyahu’s spirit is now on Elisha.”

The prophets wanted to search for Eliyahu, as they thought that Eliyahu had, perhaps, just been dropped on a mountain, but Elisha knew that they would not be successful.

Elisha did another miracle, taking fresh salt and pouring it into the contaminated water supply which was killing the local residents. The water became purified.

Some young boys taunted Elisha and miraculously, two bears came out of the forest and killed them.

Elisha then travelled to Har Carmel and then home to Shomron.